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INTRODUCTION 

TO 

"THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF 

JESUS CHRIST." 



Dean Stanley tells the story that, on one occasion, when 
he visited the great German scholar and theologian Hein- 
rich von Ewald, a little New Testament which was lying 
on the table happened to fall to the ground. Ewald, who 
was then regarded by many narrow and ignorant persons 
as a terrible heretic, stooped and picked it up, and as he 
laid it back on the table exclaimed, with a glow of inde- 
scribable enthusiasm, " In this little book is contained 
all the best wisdom of the world." True of the New 
Testament as a whole, Ewald's remark would be yet more 
immediately true of the record of the Life and Teaching 
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as contained in 
the Four Gospels. These Gospels depict the one perfect 
example, furnish the one infallible guide, for the sons of 
men. They are the unmingled wellspring of religion 
pure and undefiled. In the following pages the reader 
will find the pure and unadulterated Gospel, for they 
consist simply of an arrangement of the fourfold narra- 
tive of the Evangelists, in which special prominence is 
given to the actual words of Christ. 

Let us speak first of the Life of Christ as set forth to 
us in the Four Gospels. They are the sole source of our 
knowledge. There are many apocryphal gospels, and 
they are full of interest as illustrative of the views of 
early Christians; but they do not add a single trust- 
worthy fact to those recorded by the Evangelists. Nay, 



2 THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST. 

taken as a whole, they are little more than imaginative 
romances, and in every particular they are quite im- 
measurably inferior to the Four Gospels of our Canon. 
They do not elevate but dwarf, they do not brighten but 
only dim and blur, the figure of the living Christ. This 
is specially true of the various gospels of the Infancy. 
Most of the anecdotes they tell are not only impossible 
but repellent. They try to weave a garland round the 
brows of the Child Christ; but we instantlv see that it is 
an ugly and disfiguring wreath of flowers, which are al- 
ways artificial and sometimes poisonous. It is a memor- 
able testimony to the truth of the Gospels, that in com- 
parison with these inventions they are as sunlight to 
darkness; and it is one of numberless incidental proofs 
of the Divine supremacy of Christ, that the moment hu- 
man invention endeavours to supplement the true narra- 
tive of His years on earth, its only tendency is to lower 
and degrade. 

It is the same with the records of Christ's Teaching. 
There were current in the early Church many unrecorded 
sayings of Christ, known as Agrapha Dogmata^ which are 
found in Origen, Clement of Alexandria, and other early 
Fathers. To these Logia, or " sayings/' belong those re- 
corded in the little fragment of papyrus found last year 
in the grave-mounds of Oxyrrhyncus. There is only one 
saying of Christ's unrecorded in the Gospels on the gen- 
uineness of which we may rely with absolute certainty. 
It is the one mentioned by St. Paul in Acts xx. 35 : " Re- 
member the words of the Lord Jesus, how Himself said, 
It is more blessed to give than to receive." Of all the other 
Zogia, at least twenty in number, some are only varia- 
tions and illustrations of His words as recorded in the 
Canon, while others are often enigmatical and always of 
most dubious authenticity. Invention could as little add 
to Christ's teaching as it could enrich the annals of His 
life. 

Let us speak first of the Life of our Saviour; then of 
His Teaching. 



IN TROD UCTION. 



I. 



i. Nothing is more remarkable than the profound and 
holy reticence of the narrators. The mother of Christ, 
after His crucifixion, lived in the home of one of the 
Evangelists — the beloved disciple, St. John — and there 
is an indescribable touch of delicacy and brightness 
about the story of the Nativity as described by St. Luke 
which seems to mark that it was derived from the lips of 
the Virgin Mary. The existence of so many apocryphal 
attempts to reproduce the events of the Infancy shows 
how strong was the desire to penetrate the holy veil of 
reserve and silence. But it was not intended so to be. 
We are told of various events before His birth, — the An- 
nunciation; the doubt of Joseph; the visit to Elisabeth; 
the enrolment in Bethlehem. We are told of the inci- 
dents which clustered about His earliest infancy, — the 
birth in the stable of the inn at Bethlehem ; the humility 
of the manger-cradle. We have the exquisite verses 
which tell of the shepherds and the angel-song; the visit 
of the Magi; the Circumcision; the Nunc Dimittis of 
Simeon; the massacre of the Innocents; the flight into 
Egypt ; the return in the reign of Archelaus ; the retire- 
ment to provincial Nazareth of Galilee. These, how- 
ever, are only attendant circumstances. But as regards 
the Child Christ Himself no word, no anecdote, is pre- 
served beyond the sweet and simple fact that " He grew 
in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and 
man." We know that His early years as a little child 
were " as the flower of roses and the spring of the year, 
and as lilies by the watercourses"; but we know no 
more. The spurious narratives surround his childhood 
in the house of the Galilean peasant with the blaze of 
portent and miracle. In reality — and this fact, little as 
we should a priori have expected it, is full of instruction 
— it was passed like any other childhood, distinguishable 
only by its wisdom and its innocency, as of a child who 
grew and waxed strong, becoming full of wisdom, and 
the grace of God was upon Him. The silence is an elo- 



4 THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST. 

quent proof of the simple truthfulness of the Evangelists. 
They record nothing, because there was nothing special 
which it was essential to record. It was not meant that 
the holy veil of those secluded years should be uplifted, 
and therefore those who had witnessed them would not 
gratify a vain curiosity by giving rein to their imagina- 
tions in the invention of unreal scenes. And herein the 
Evangelists furnish an undesigned but very decisive 
proof of the authenticity of the things they did record. 

ii. We come next to Christ's early boyhood. Here 
again we have no stories of His companions, or of His 
home amusements, of His schooldays and His relations 
to parents and teachers, as in the spurious evangelists. 
All that we are told is the single anecdote of His visit to 
Jerusalem, with His parents, at the Passover, when He 
was twelve years old. In this case also all is surprising. 
Believing what the Evangelists did believe, that Jesus 
was the Christ, the Son of the Living God, if they had 
not been telling the simple unsophisticated truth, we 
should have found in their narratives the same assump- 
tions of Omniscience and of Superiority over the assem- 
bled Rabbis which we find in the imaginary records. 
Even in many of the mediaeval and modern pictures of 
the scene Christ is represented rather as refuting and in- 
structing the Rabbis and Pharisees, than as " sitting in 
the midst of them, both hearing them and asking them 
questions." In St. Luke's story we see, as incidentally 
as in the narratives of the Infancy, that the perfect 
Divinity of Christ in no way clashes with His perfect 
Humanity. He grew up like other boys, distinguished 
only by blameless innocence, and growing " in wisdom" 
no less than " in stature," and " in favour with God and 
man." 

iii. It is a curious circumstance that the only recorded 
utterance of the Son of God for thirty years should have 
been almost universally misunderstood. What Jesus 
said to His sorrowing parents was not " How was it that 
ye sought Me ? Wist ye not that I must be about My 
father's business V The answer was far more simply 
natural, for the hour had not yet come when the Lord of 



INTRODUCTION. 5 

Life had formally or publicly entered upon His mission. 
What He said (as was decisively proved by the Rev. Dr. 
Field of Norwich to the Revision Company of 1882) 
was, " Wist ye not that I must be in My Father's House ?" 
Although the Temple had been degraded by priests, 
scribes, and Pharisees into a " a den of thieves," it re- 
mained to the last the favourite scene of the Lord's teach- 
ing, and it was in those hallowed, though now dishal- 
lowed, courts that He uttered, in later years, some of the 
Divinest addresses. The meaning of what He said to 
Joseph and His mother was not, " You might have known 
that I should be engaged in furthering the work of God," 
but, " Strange that you should have sought Me sorrow- 
ing, and not have come first to the House of My Father, 
of which now for the first time I behold the glories and 
the worship." 

This, then, is the only sentence spoken by Christ for 
thirty years — from His birth in the cradle to the begin- 
ning of His ministry — which has been preserved for us. 
It is but one short remark, called forth by the circum- 
stances of the moment, when He had become what the 
Jews called " a son of the Covenant," or had been, as we 
should say, " confirmed." Further than this nothing is 
made known to us but one fact about His boyhood, and 
one about His youth and early manhood. 

iv. The rest of His boyhood is summed up in the 
clause that " He we?it with His parents, and came to Naz- 
areth, and He was subject unto them" Even in this clause 
we have an implicit contradiction of the inventions of 
the apocryphal narratives in which the young Jesus is 
represented as a worker of superfluous and meaningless 
portents, and as assuming an wholly unbecoming tone 
towards His leaders and teachers. Our Lord in His ad- 
dresses did not disdain to inculcate those rules of simple 
modesty and courtesy which add so much to the sweet- 
ness and dignity of life. In an age when reverence and 
the fearfulness of modest duty have, as a rule, vanished 
from the self-confident and too often disrespectful bear- 
ing of the young, it is a most needful lesson to us that, 
when the King of kings and Lord of lords was a boy at 



6 THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST. 

Nazareth, He was modest and obedient. This fact may 
serve to illustrate the words of the English poet — which 
do not sound irreverent to those who know how highly 
our Lord and His Apostles valued the virtue of Imeixzta, 
or " sweet reasonableness" — that 

the best of men 
That e'er wore earth about Him, was a sufferer ; 
A pure, meek, patient, gentle, tranquil spirit, 
The first true gentleman that ever breathed. 

v. This calm, obscure life of uninterrupted labour re- 
vealed to the world the truth which it has never ade- 
quately grasped, that " a man's life consisteth not in the 
multitude of things which he possesseth" ; and that all 
the things for which men most toil and moil, and sell 
their souls, and destroy themselves — wealth, luxury, 
pleasure, rank, fame, power, the lust of the flesh, and the 
lust of the eyes, and the vainglory of life — are but insig- 
nificant earthly accidents, which have nothing at all to 
do with the true riches and the true nobleness. They 
only affect the merest outside of life, and have no con- 
nection with its immortal dignity or true essence. The 
humble poverty and obscurity of the life of Jesus in the 
workshop of the Galilean peasant reveals to us that bless- 
edness is in the reach of all, and that a man, on whom 
the world may look down from the whole altitude of its 
inferiority as the humblest of mechanics, may yet be in- 
comparably greater and happier than any king. 

vi. The single word which sums up all that we know 
of the outward facts of our Lord's life is found in the sur- 
prised questions of the Nazarenes, who, in accordance 
with the experience that a prophet has no honour in his 
own country, " were offended in Him." " Is not this, 
they asked, the carpenter ?" (Mark vi. 3). Ignorant and 
biassed copyists have altered the reading into, " Is not 
this the son of the carpenter ?" But there is no doubt as 
to the true reading, and it reveals to us the inestimably 
precious fact that Jesus earned with His own hands His 
daily bread. The value and significance of this fact are 
immense. It constitutes a correction of the immemorial 



INTRODUCTION. 7 

&nd still continued pride and -error of the world. The 
ancients utterly despised manual labour: to the Greeks 
it was vulgar (fidvaocros) , to the Romans it seemed de- 
grading. Such an expression as a "base mechanic" 
shows that, even for long centuries after the Dayspring 
had dawned upon the world, the haughty and the noble 
were far from having learnt that " labour honours the 
labourer." St. Paul felt it to be a subject not for humilia- 
tion but for honest pride that " his own hands had min- 
istered to his necessities." It is the lot of the vast ma- 
jority of the human race that they have to earn their own 
living by the toil of their hands and the sweat of their 
brow. It is a blessing and a consolation to these un- 
numbered myriads to know that their humble and toil- 
some poverty was deliberately chosen for His own lot by 
" the Lord of life and all the worlds." 

vii. It was when Jesus " began to be about thirty years 
old" that, leaving the shop of the village carpenter, He 
obeyed the Divine call to enter upon His public min- 
istry. For the brief three years and a half during which 
that ministry lasted, while we have abundant records of 
His life, there is not one which serves to gratify a merely 
superficial curiosity. To the early Christians the human 
Jesus was so utterly merged into the King Eternal, Im- 
mortal, Invisible, that they retained in their memories 
only those acts which were the signs of His Divine mis- 
sion, or which involved the illustration of His doctrine. 
They did not preserve a single relic of His human life, 
which in the later ages of superstitious corruption would 
have been degraded into an idol or a fetish. They did 
not even care to indicate to future ages the exact locali- 
ties of His birth, His transfiguration, His crucifixion, 
the grave where they laid Him, the mountain in Galilee 
where after His resurrection He appeared to His more 
than five hundred disciples. Nay, more, it is a supremely 
singular and almost unprecedented circumstance that 
every vestige even of traditio?i respecting the personal 
appearance of the Son of Man was so completely obliter- 
ated that it was a subject of controversy among the early 
Christians whether he was, as the Greek Fathers be- 



8 THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST. 

lieved, " small and ill-favoured" (jitxpd? xai duaetd7j$) • or 
whether, as Jerome and the Latin Fathers thought and 
argued, there was, and must have been, a " starry some- 
thing" (sidereum quiddum) in His countenance, and an 
ethereal loveliness which hung about His earthly pres- 
ence, and commanded the passionate devotion of all 
who believed in Him, while it often overawed the 
hatred of the opponents, and even the fury of the mul- 
titude. 

viii. It was only after the commencement of Christ's 
ministry that His life was summoned to assume an as- 
pect which differs from the normal conditions of our 
human existence. " The trivial round and the common 
task" had now to be abandoned, and during the short re- 
mainder of His life He had to enter on conditions which 
are never represented as other than exceptional. The 
Apostles and the disciples were also summoned to follow 
Christ in His wandering homelessness ; but myriads of 
Christians might have been saved from futile practices 
had they observed that such a call was special and in- 
dividual in its character. The vast multitudes whom 
Christ addressed were never bidden to sell all that they 
had, but only to carry out in their ordinary lives the 
spirit of His teaching. The inner and essential mean- 
ing of Christ's example cannot be, in the most distant 
degree, apprehended by the impossible attempt to repro- 
duce the external conditions of His life. We can only 
follow Him by suffering our souls to be pervaded by His 
Spirit. It should be remembered that if the brief min- 
istry was devoted to teaching and preaching and working 
miracles, all the previous thirty years were spent among 
"brothers and sisters," in the poor provincial home, in 
the every-day routine of common daily duty. How could 
the Lord have better illustrated the sacred beauty of 
those holy homes which are, or may be, to suffering men, 
the most precious of heavenly boons ? It is in the retire- 
ment of homes where Christ abides that 

Love his golden shafts employs, there lights 
His constant lamp and waves his purple wings, 
Reigns there and revels. 



INTRODUCTION. 9 

ix. One of the most material and perplexing facts of 
our human life is the burden of its trials. We all ex- 
perience in turn that, because we are men, we cannot es- 
cape suffering, since "man is born to sorrow as the 
sparks fly upwards." We may enjoy many years of 
peace, as doubtless Jesus did, in the village home, and 
during such years scarcely a single wave of trouble may 
roll over our breasts. But the day comes when all God's 
waves and storms seem to go over us. We suffer from 
accident, or bitter disappointment, or incessant care; or 
else we reap the fruits of our own misdeeds; or envy, 
and calumny, and hate, and pain molest us. Christ 
faced for us these manifold sorrows of mortal life, and 
taught us the blessed experience that "to suffer with 
Him is not to suffer." The first year of His ministry 
has been called " the Galilean Spring" ; but after that 
golden year the fury of religious and political hatred 
burst upon Him. The gladness of His early success 
was followed by a year of flight and persecution, and by 
long months of concealment and imminent peril, ended 
by a crisis of agony and a death of shame. The Lord 
Jesus not only endured all this for our sakes, but also to 
show us by His example how we may find not a curse 
but a beatitude in poverty, and humility, and persecu- 
tion, and malediction. The record of Christ's trials has 
been for mankind a transfiguration of sorrow. It has 
also been a revelation of the Divineness of sympathy and 
compassion. Christ came not only to love as none ever 
loved before, but also to extend that love to those whom 
none had loved. The Pharisee would not notice even 
his own wife if he happened to pass her in the street, 
and he drew in his garments lest they should be defiled 
by touching such inferior creatures as he deemed women 
to be. Even the disciples were amazed that by the 
lonely well Jesus should talk to a woman ! Yet not for 
women only, but for women who were sinners — the most 
friendless, the most fallen, the most degraded, even for 
the penitent harlot who washed His feet with her tears 
and wiped them with the hairs of her head, even for the 
miserable adulteress as, amid her tangled hair, she 



ro THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST. 

sobbed before him on the Temple floor — He had a well- 
spring of tender compassion. The Apostles rebuked 
those who brought little children to Christ, but He took 
them in His arms, laid His hands upon them and blessed 
them. He chose among His teachers not only one who 
had been a bigoted zealot, but, in most opposite contrast 
to him, the utterly despised and hated publican whom 
every rigid Jew regarded with immense disdain. None 
were too low, none too wretched, for the tender and lov- 
ing care of Him who came not to call the righteous but 
sinners to repentance. 

x. One anguish, indeed, of human life our Lord did 
not and could not suffer. For the sting of all sorrow, 
as of death itself, is sin, and He came to show us a Sin- 
less Ideal. Christ's sinlessness is the most unique proof 
that He was indeed the Son of God, the Saviour of the 
world. For of no other human being since time began 
can such sinlessness be predicated. Of all the hundreds 
of thousands of men who have lived, as Jesus did, in the 
blaze, not only of publicity, but of hostile publicity; of 
all the myriads, alike in public and private life, whose 
biographies have been recorded, or the facts of whose 
life are known, not one has ever ventured to say, " Which 
of you convinceth me of sin?" Of not one man has it 
ever been pretended, by his most enthusiastic admirers, 
that he was free from all human faults; nor has any hu- 
man being, who has revealed to us the secrets of his own 
heart and life, ever pretended that he was not a sinner. 
But the life of the Saviour, in its fourfold record, has, 
for eighteen centuries, been subject to the most minute, 
intense, searching, and even indignant gaze, and yet no 
one has ever found in Him the shadow of any iniquity, 
or has been able to fix on Him even a trivial fault. He 
stands forth for example for ever " holy, harmless, unde- 
fined, and separate from sinners." It has been said that 
" what we all want is some one Pearl of great price, into 
which all the dispersed preciousness and fragmentary 
brilliances that dazzle the eyes shall be gathered. We 
want a Person, a living Person, a present Person, a suffi- 
cient Person, who shall satisfy our hearts, our whole 



INTRODUCTION. II 

hearts, and that at one and the same time, or else we 
shall never be at rest." That was the need of the world, 
and God supplied it when " the Dayspring from on high" 
dawned upon us. The ancient Christians sometimes 
played on the assonance of Christos and Chrestos ("gra- 
cious" or "precious"), and St. Peter (i Pet. ii. 7), per- 
haps in allusion to this, says, " to you that believe is the 
preciousness." 

xi. And is not the inestimableness of God's gift to us 
in Christ illustrated by the unspeakable change which 
His coming has wrought in the world? Crime after 
crime has been suppressed ; wrong after wrong has died 
away, pierced through and through with the arrows of 
the Dawn. In the ancient world, as I have said before, 
the Gospel expelled cruelty; it curbed passion; it 
branded suicide; it punished and repressed the ex- 
ecrably frequent crime of infanticide ; it drove the in- 
famous yet shameless impurities of heathendom into 
congenial darkness. There was hardly a class whose 
wrongs it did not remedy. It rescued the gladiator; it 
freed the slave; it protected the captive; it nursed the 
sick; it sheltered the orphan; it elevated the woman; it 
shrouded as with a veil the sacred innocence of the 
tender years of the child. In every region of life its 
ameliorating influence was felt. Christianity changed 
pity from a weakness into a virtue. It elevated poverty 
from a curse into a beatitude ; it ennobled labour from 
a degradation into a dignity and a virtue; it sanctified 
marriage from little more than a burdensome convention 
into little less than a blessed sacrament. In all lands it 
has created hearts so pure, and lives so peaceful, and 
homes so sweet, that angels seem to have whispered to 
men's despairing hearts, "Though ye have lien among 
the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove that is 
covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold." 

xii. And all this is still going on. The dark places 
of the world, which were for so many years the abodes 
of cruelty, have one after another been illuminated into 
Christian brightness. This has generally been achieved 
by the irresistible strength of weakness, as illustrated by 



12 THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST. 

the lives of a handful of poor and despised missionaries. 
The Gospel conquered Greece — her intellect, her phi- 
losophy, her satire, her glory; it conquered Rome — her 
immemorial traditions, her trebly hundred triumphs, the 
diadems of her all-powerful Caesars, the swords of her 
thirty legions; it conquered Jerusalem with her fifteen 
centuries of gorgeous worship and sacred memories ; it 
conquered the rushing tide of warlike barbarians; it 
won the Goths by the Bible of Wulfila ; it made Attila, 
and Genseric, and Totila respect unarmed priests; it 
said to the warlike Clovis, flushed as he was with his 
great victory at Tolbiac, " Sicambrian, burn what thou 
hast adored, adore what thou hast burned." But the tri- 
umphs of the Gospel ceased not there. The same Chris- 
tianity afterwards won Northern and Central Europe; 
and then as the centuries went on — thanks to men like 
Las Casas, and St. Francis Xavier, and Brainerd, and John 
Eliot, and Adoniram Judson, and Marsden, and Carey, 
and Martyn, and Morrison, and Hannington, and Cole- 
ridge Patteson — it prevailed among Red Indians, and 
Hindoos, and Chinese, and Japanese, and Burmese, 
and Kaffirs, and Zulus, and the far-off cannibals of the 
Pacific Isles. And as we watch its still unceasing prog- 
ress, can we for a moment doubt that the olden prophecy 
shall be fulfilled, and that at last " the knowledge of the 
Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea" ? 



II. 

But now we turn from the facts of Christ's life to the 
characteristics of His teaching. 

i. One of these was its tone of majestic authority. 
Christ had never passed through the training which in 
His days was regarded as indispensable for the position 
of a teacher. " How knoweth this man letters, having 
never learned?" asked the amazed and disgusted Phari- 
sees. But they were impotent to resist the truth of His 
words, and the power and graciousness with which He 
spake, in spite of the furious taunts which they hurled at 
His poor adherents, whom they scornfully described as 



IN TROD UCTION. 1 3 

" this multitude which knoweth not the law, and are ac- 
cursed." Their own teaching had dwindled, as all re- 
ligiosity tends to dwindle, into scholastic pettinesses, 
elaborate ritual, and endless repetitions. The contem- 
porary Rabbis scarcely ever ventured to pronounce a 
judgment without appealing to the decisions of many 
Rabbis before them. Christ's method at once swept 
aside all this second-handness, and with intense bitter- 
ness the long-robed teachers, with their blue fringes and 
large phylacteries, saw the multitudes desert them and 
their schools to listen to a young man preaching from a 
boat or seated among the mountain lilies. 

What was it ye went out to hear, 
By sea and land, from far and near? 
A teacher ? Rather seek the feet 
Of those who sit in Moses' seat! 
Go, humbly seek and bow to them, 
Far off in great Jerusalem. 
What is it that ye came to note ? — 
" A young man preaching in a boat." 

A prophet ? Boys and women weak, 

Declare, or cease to rave. 
Whence is it he hath learned to speak ? 

Say, who his doctrine gave ? 
A prophet ? Wherefore prophet he 

Of all in Israel's tribes ? — 
M He teacheth with authority, 

And not as do the scribes." 

ii. Another character of our Lord's teaching was its 
absolute originality. Well might the astonished hearers 
exclaim, "What is this? A new teaching I" Judaism, 
since the days of Ezra, had dwindled more and more 
into mere Halachoth — rules of ceremonialism — many of 
them based on preposterous deductions from untenable 
propositions. A famous Rabbi on being asked, " Which 
is the greatest commandment ?" had answered, "The law 
about fringes." Christ's teaching was exclusively moral 
and spiritual. Not one Halachah could claim Him for 
its author. For fringes, phylacteries, ablutions of cups 
and platters, vain repetitions, sham fasts twice in the 
week, long praying, and the whole paraphernalia of con- 



14 THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST. 

ventional and cumbrous ceremonial, He expressed a 
profound contempt. Living in the miasma of hypocriti- 
cal Pharisaic ordinances, His one rule was, "If thou 
wilt enter into life, keep the commandments," and those 
Ten Commandments He reduced to their essential prin- 
ciple in the one Law of Love. In a single sentence He 
abolished the agelong distinction between clean and un- 
clean meats which lay at the root of all Jewish exclu- 
siveness. He said that what came from within, not from 
without, defiles the man ; and this He said, " making all 
meats clean" (Mark vii. 19). Pure Christianity has 
been again and again defiled by turbid alien influxes of 
Eastern superstition — Mariolatry, unnatural self-macera- 
tion, false views of what God requires, priestly usurpa- 
tion, and the miserable, unctuous, effeminate artificiality 
of mere external religiousness. Against all these the 
Church, whenever it desires to be wise and sincere, will 
find the effectual antidote in the pure and unsophisti- 
cated words of Him who came that all who see Him 
should have seen the Father. 

iii. Again — as is shown by this little volume, in which 
all the actual words of Christ might be printed on a few 
pages — the teaching of the Son of God was unique in the 
amazing power of its compression. If we read any theo- 
logical treatise, we shall find thousands of pages given 
to the verbal accuracies of theological distinctions. The 
vast folio of St. Thomas Aquinas was not regarded as at 
all too long for his Summa Theologice. But on nine- 
tenths of the questions treated in the interminable and 
ponderous volumes of the Schoolmen our Lord Jesus 
Christ had nothing to say. He went to the heart of con- 
duct and life, with which the nice technicalities of 
scholastic orthodoxy have, for the vast majority of the 
human race, little or no concern. His Divine power of 
compression is seen most of all in the Parables. They 
are absolutely unique among the utterances of human 
language. Fables and apologues are found in endless 
abundance, especially in the literature of the East. But 
is there one among them all to be compared for infinite 
instructiveness to the shortest and humblest of our Lord's 



INTRODUCTION. 1 5 

parables ? Was so much ever revealed in one brief story 
as in the Parable of the Prodigal Son ? Were such worlds 
of meaning ever compressed into utterances which 
scarcely occupy five minutes as we find in the Parables 
of the Good Samaritan or of Dives and Lazarus? If the 
choice had to be between these brief stories and all the 
theological treatises ever written, who would hesitate for 
one instant to make his selection ? In our own day the j 
sacred volumes of the East have for the first time been 
translated into English. In two respects do they differ 
fundamentally from the eternal truths revealed in this 
little volume: their immeasurable inferiority is appar- 
ent, first, from their large admixtures of error, supersti- 
tion, endless frivolities, and worse; secondly, from the 
fact that, after we have read whole volumes of these 
through, we find so little of permanent value, so little 
that we can carry away, — whereas the very briefest and 
slightest of the sayings of Jesus seems to go to the very 
heart of human life, and to be "rarely mixed of sorrows 
and joys, and studded with mysteries as with emeralds." 
iv. It is because of this thrilling and indescribable 
accent of Divinity in Christ's words that they have been 
so universally precious, so intensely penetrative. The 
Qur'an seems to reach the minds of Arabs, but to all ex- 
cept Mohammedans it is of little import. The Chinese 
venerate the writings of Confucius; to most other na- 
tions they seem indescribably arid. But Christ's words 
reach and influence alike the highest and the lowest — 
men of the most consummate genius, and men in the 
depths of ignorance and dulness. The emperor reads 
them in his cabinet, and the aged pauper spells them out 
in the workhouse. The philosopher in his university 
does not grudge a lifetime spent in the minutest study of 
them, yet not the less do the Esquimaux love to hear of 
them in their snow-built huts, and the Red Indian in his 
wigwam on the bleak shores of Hudson's Bay, and the 
negro slave in the African forest, and the Fuegian in his 
storm-swept island. Of all the words ever uttered, they 
alone have proved themselves powerful to move the uni- 
versal heart of man. Spoken nineteen long centuries ago 



1 6 THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST. 

in despised provincial Galilee by One who ranked as a 
peasant, who was called the Carpenter of Nazareth — by 
One of whom the people said that He had a devil, and 
whom the Jews called a Samaritan and the priests a de- 
ceiver, and whom the Romans crucified as a malefactor 
between two thieves — they alone throw one ray of Heav- 
en's Eternal Light upon the dark secrets of Life and 
Death, of Time and Eternity — they alone enable us to 
know the Father and the Son, and to receive the unction 
of the Holy Spirit. Being, as they are, the revelation of 
the Word who was from the beginning, and was with God 
and was God, of them alone it will remain true for ever, 
" The words that 1 speak unto you, they are spirit, they are 
lifer 

F. W. FARRAR. 
The Deanery, Canterbury, 
September , i8g8. 






PREFACE BY S. JOHN. 



In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with 
God, and the Word was God. The same was in the 
beginning with God. All things were made by him ; and 
without him was not any thing made that was made. In 
him was life ; and the life was the light of men. And 
the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness compre- 
hended it not. 

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, 
that all men through him might believe. He was not 
that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 

That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that 
cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the 
world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 
He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to 
become the sons of God, even to them that believe on 
his name : which were born, not of blood, nor of the will 
of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And 
the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we 
beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the 
Father,) full of grace and truth. 

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying : " This was 
he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred 
before me : for he was before me. And of his fulness 
have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law 
was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus 
Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only 
begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he 
hath declared him." 

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PREFACE BY S. LUKE. 



Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in 
order a declaration of those things which are most surely 
believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, 
which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers 
of the word ; it seemed good to me also, having had per- 
fect understanding of all things from the very first, to 
write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, that 
thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein 
thou hast been instructed. 



THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

OF 

JESUS CHRIST. 

By the four Evangelists. 



Chapter I.— THE FORERUNNER OF JESUS. 

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a 
certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia : 
and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her 
name was Elisabeth. And they were both righteous 
before God, walking in all the commandments and ordi- 
nances of the Lord blameless. And they had no child, 
because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were 
now well stricken in years. 

And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's 
office before God in the order of his course, according 
to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn 
incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. And 
the whole multitude of the people were praying without 
at the time of incense. And there appeared unto him 
an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the 
altar of incense. 

And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and 
fear fell upon him. But the angel said unto him : " Fear 
not, Zacharias : for thy prayer is heard ; and thy wife 
Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his 
name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness ; and 
many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in 
the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor 

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20 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

strong drink ; and he shall be rilled with the Holy Ghost, 
even from his mother's womb. And many of the children 
of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he 
shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn 
the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient 
to the wisdom of the just ; to make ready a people prepared 
for the Lord." 

And Zacharias said unto the angel: "Whereby shall I 
know this ? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken 
in years." 

And the angel answering said unto him : " I am Gabriel, 
that stand in the presence of God ; and am sent to speak 
unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. And, 
behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, 
until the day that these things shall be performed, because 
thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in 
their season." 

And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that 
he tarried so long in the temple. And when he came out, 
he could not speak unto them : and they perceived that he 
had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto 
them, and remained speechless. 

And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his 
ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own 
house. And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, 
and hid herself five months, saying : u Thus hath the Lord 
dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take 
away my reproach among men." 

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from 
God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin 
espoused to a* man whose name was Joseph, of the house 
of David ; and the virgin's name was Mary. 

And the angel came in unto her, and said : " Hail, thou 
that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee : blessed art 
thou among women." 

And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, 
and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this 
should be. 

And the angel said unto her : " Fear not, Mary : for thou 
hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt 
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his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the 
Son of the Highest : and the Lord God shall give unto him 
the throne of his father David : and he shall reign over the 
house of Jacob for ever ; and of his kingdom there shall be 
no end." 

Then said Mary unto the angel : " How shall this be, 
seeing I know not a man ? " 

And the angel answered and said unto her : " The Holy 
Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest 
shall overshadow thee : therefore also that holy thing which 
shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And, 
behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a 
son in her old age : and this is the sixth month with her, 
who was called barren. For with God nothing shall be 
impossible." 

And Mary said : " Behold the handmaid of the Lord ; be 
it unto me according to thy word." 

And the angel departed from her. 

And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill 
country with haste, into a city of Juda ; and entered into 
the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. And it 
came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of 
Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was 
filled with the Holy Ghost : and she spake out with a loud 
voice, and said : — 

" Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit 
of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother 
of my Lord should come to me ? For, lo, as soon as the 
voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe 
leaped in my womb for joy. And blessed is she that 
believed : for there shall be a performance of those things 
which were told her from the Lord." 

And Mary said : " My soul doth magnify the Lord, and 
my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath 
regarded the low estate of his handmaiden : for, behold, from 
henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he 
that is mighty hath done to me great things ; and holy is 
his name. And his mercy is on them that fear him from 
generation to generation. He hath shewed strength with 
his arm ; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination 
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22 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the 
hungry with good things ; and the rich he hath sent empty 
away. He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance 
of his mercy ; as he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and 
his seed for ever." 

And Mary abode with her about three months, and 
returned to her own house. 

Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be 
delivered ; and she brought forth a son. And her neigh- 
bours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed 
great mercy upon her ; and they rejoiced with her. And 
it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to 
circumcise the child ; and they called him Zacharias, after 
the name of his father. 

And his mother answered and said : " Not so ; but he 
shall be called John." And they said unto her : " There is 
none of thy kindred that is called by this name." And 
they made signs to his father, how he would have him 
called. And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, 
saying : " His name is John." 

And they marvelled all. And his mouth was opened 
immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and 
praised God. And fear came on all that dwelt round about 
them : and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout 
all the hill country of Judaea. And all they that heard 
them laid them up in their hearts, saying : " What manner 
of child shall this be ! " 

And the hand of the Lord was with him. And his father 
Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, 
saying : — 

" Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ; for he hath visited 
and redeemed his people, and hath raised up an horn of 
salvation for us in the house of his servant David ; as he 
spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been 
since the world began : that we should be saved from our 
enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us ; to perform 
the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his 
holy covenant ; the oath which he sware to our father 
Abraham, that he would grant unto us, that we being 
delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him 
without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 23 

the days of our life. And thou, child, shalt De called the 
prophet of the Highest : for thou shalt go before the face 
of the Lord to prepare his ways; to give knowledge of 
salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, 
through the tender mercy of our God ; whereby the day- 
spring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them 
that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide 
our feet into the way of peace." 

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was 
in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. 



Chapter II.— BIRTH AND BOYHOOD OF JESUS. 

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise : When 
as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they 
came together, she was found with child of the Holy 
Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, 
and not willing to make her a public example, was minded 
to put her away privily. But while he thought on these 
things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him 
in a dream, saying : " Joseph, thou son of David, fear not 
to take unto thee Mary thy wife : for that which is con- 
ceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring 
forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus : for he 
shall save his people from their sins." 

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying : — 

11 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall 
bring forth a son, and they shall call his name 
Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." 

Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of 
the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 
and knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn 
son : and he called his name Jesus. 

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out 
a decree from Csesar Augustus, that all the world should 
be taxed. (This taxing was first made when Cyrenius was 
governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one 
into his own city. 



24 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city 
of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is 
called Bethlehem ; (because he was of the house and 
lineage of David :) to be taxed with Mary his espoused 
wife, being great with child. 

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days 
were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she 
brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swad- 
dling clothes, and laid him in a manger ; because there was 
no, room for them in the inn, And there were in the same 
country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over 
their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came 
upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about 
them : and they were sore afraid. 

And the angel said unto them : " Fear not : for, behold, 
I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to 
all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of 
David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall 
be a sign unto you ; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in 
swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. " 

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the 
heavenly host praising God, and saying : " Glory to God 
in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." 

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away 
from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another : 
a Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this 
thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made 
known unto us." And they came with haste, and found 
Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 
And when they had seen it, they made known abroad 
the saying which was told them concerning this child. 
And all they that heard it wondered at those things 
which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary 
kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. 
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God 
for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it 
was told unto them. 

And when eight days were accomplished for the cir- 
cumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which 
was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the 
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And when the days of her purification according to the 
law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to 
Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord ; (as it is written in 
the law of the Lord : " Every male that openeth the 

WOMB SHALL BE CALLED HOLY TO THE LORD " j) and to 

offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law 
of the Lord: "A pair of turtledoves, or two young 

PIGEONS." 

And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name 
was Simeon ; and the same man was just and devout, 
waiting for the consolation of Israel : and the Holy Ghost 
was upon him. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy 
Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen 
the Lord's Christ. And he came by the Spirit into the 
temple : and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, 
to do for him after the custom of the law, then took he 
him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said : — 

"Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, 
according to thy word : for mine eyes have seen thy 
salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all 
people ; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of 
thy people Israel." 

And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things 
which were spoken of him. And Simeon blessed them, 
and said unto Mary his mother : " Behold, this child is set 
for the fall and rising again of many in Israel ; and for a 
sign which shall be spoken against ; (yea, a sword shall 
pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of 
many hearts may be revealed." 

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter 
of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser : she was of a great age, 
and had lived with an husband seven years from her 
virginity ; and she was a widow of about fourscore and 
four years, which departed not from the temple, but 
served God with fastings and prayers night and day. And 
she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the 
Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for 
redemption in Jerusalem. 

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the 
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26 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

the east to Jerusalem, saying : " Where is he that is born 
King of the Jews ? for we have seen his star in the east, 
and are come to worship him." 

When Herod the king had heard these things, he was 
troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and 
scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where 
Christ should be born, and they .said unto him : "In 
Bethlehem of Judsea : for thus it is written by the prophet, 
And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not 
the least among the princes of juda : for out of 
thee shall come a governor, that shall rule my 
people Israel." 

Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, 
enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. 

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said : " Go and 
search diligently for the young child; and when ye have 
found him, bring me word again, that I may come and 
worship him also." 

When they had heard the king, they departed ; and, lo, 
the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till 
it came and stood over where the young child was. When 
they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 
And when they were come into the house, they saw the 
young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and 
worshipped him : and when they had opened their treasures, 
they presented unto him gifts ; gold, and frankincense, and 
myrrh. 

And being warned of God in a dream that they should 
not return to Herod, they departed into their own country 
another way. 

And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the 
Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying : " Arise, and 
take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, 
and be thou there until I bring thee word : for Herod will 
seek the young child to destroy him." 

When he arose, he took the young child and his mother 
by night, and departed into Egypt : and was there until 
the death of Herod : that it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying : " Out of 
Egypt have I called my son." 

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OF JESUS CHRIST. 27 

wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew 
all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the 
coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to 
the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise 
men. 

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the 
prophet, saying : " In Rama was there a voice heard, 
lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, 
Rachel weeping for her children, and would not 
be comforted, because they are not." 

But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord 
appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying : " Arise, 
and take the young child and his mother, and go into the 
land of Israel : for they are dead which sought the young 
child's life." 

And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, 
and came into the land of Israel. 

But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea 
in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither : 
notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned 
aside into the parts of Galilee : and he came and dwelt in 
a city called Nazareth : that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by the prophets : " He shall be called a 
Nazarene." 

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled 
with wisdom : and the grace of God was upon him. 

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast 
of the passover. And when he was twelve years old, they 
went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. And 
when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the 
child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem ; and Joseph and 
his mother knew not of it. But they, supposing him to 
have been in the company, went a day's journey ; and they 
sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And 
when they found him not, they turned back again to 
Jerusalem, seeking him. 

And it came to pass, that after three days they found 
him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both 
hearing them, and asking them questions. 

And all that heard him were astonished at his under- 
standing and answers. 



28 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

And when they saw him, they were amazed: and 
his mother said unto him : " Son, why hast thou thus 
dealt with us ? behold, thy father and I have sought thee 
sorrowing." 

And he said unto them : " How is it that ye sought 
me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's 
business?" And they understood not the saying which 
he spake unto them. 

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, 
and was subject unto them : but his mother kept all these 
sayings in her heart. 

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in 
favour with God and man. 



Chapter III.— JOHN THE BAPTIST. 

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of 
God ; as it is written in the prophets : " Behold, I send 

MY MESSENGER BEFORE THY FACE, WHICH SHALL PREPARE 
THY WAY BEFORE THEE. THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN 
THE WILDERNESS, PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD, 
MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT." 

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, 
Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being 
tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of 
Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the 
tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the high 
priests, the word of God came unto John the son of 
Zacharias in the wilderness. 

And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching 
the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins ; as it 
is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, 
saying : " The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths 
straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every 
mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the 
crooked shall be made straight, and the rough 
ways shall be made smooth j and all flesh shall 
see the salvation of god." 

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girdle of skin about his loins ; and he did eat locusts and 
wild honey. 

Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and 
all the region round about Jordan, and were baptized of 
him in Jordan, confessing their sins. 

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees 
come to his baptism, he said unto them : " O generation of 
vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to 
come ? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance : 
and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham 
to our father : for I say unto you, that God is able of these 
stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now 
also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees : therefore 
every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn 
down, and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with 
water unto repentance : but he that cometh after me is 
mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear : 
he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire : 
whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge 
his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he 
will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." 

Then came also publicans to oe baptized, and said unto 
him : " Master, what shall we do ? " And he said unto them : 
" Exact no more than that which is appointed you." 

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying : 
" And what shall we do ? " And he said unto them : " Do 
violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be 
content with your wages." 

And as the people were in expectation, and all men 
mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, 
or not ; John answered, saying unto them all : " I indeed 
baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh 
after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to 
stoop down to unloose : he shall baptize you with the 
Holy Ghost and with fire : whose fan is in his hand, and 
he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the 
wheat into his garner ; but the chaff he will burn with fire 
unquenchable." 

And many other things in his exhortation preached he 
unto the people. 

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for 
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30 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

which Herod had done, added yet this above all, that he 
shut up John in prison. 

Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass 
that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, to Jordan unto 
John, to be baptized of him. But John forbad him, saying : 
" I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou 
to me?" 

And Jesus answering said unto him : u Suffer it to be so 
now : for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness." 
Then he suffered him. 

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway 
out of the water, praying : and, lo, the heavens were opened 
unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God in a bodily shape 
descending like a dove, and lighting upon him : and, lo, a 
voice from heaven, saying : " This is my beloved Son, in 
whom I am well pleased." 

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from 
Jordan, and immediately the spirit driveth him into the 
wilderness. And he was there in the wilderness forty days, 
tempted of Satan ; and was with the wild beasts. And in 
those days he did eat nothing. 

And when the tempter came to him, he said : " If thou be 
the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread." 

But he answered and said : " It is written, Man shall not 
live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth 
out of the mouth of God." 

And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, 
shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a 
moment of time. And the devil said unto him : " All this 
power will I give thee, and the glory of them : for that is 
delivered unto me ; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 
If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine." 

And Jesus answered and said unto him : " Get thee 

behind me Satan, for it is written : Thou shalt worship 

the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." 

And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a 
pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him : " If thou be 
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written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, 
to keep thee: and in their hands they shall bear 
thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against 

A STONE." 

And Jesus answering said unto him : " It is said, Thou 

shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." 

And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he 
departed from him for a season, and, behold, angels came 
and ministered unto him. 

And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent 
priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him : " Who art 
thou ? " And he confessed, and denied not ; but confessed : 
11 1 am not the Christ." 

And they asked him : " What then ? Art thou Elias ? " 
And he saith : "I am not." " Art thou that prophet ? " 
And he answered : " No." 

Then said they unto him : " Who art thou ? that we may 
give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou 
of thyself?" 

He said : " I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 
• Make straight the way of the Lord/ as said the prophet 
Esaias." 

And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And 
they asked him, and said unto him : " Why baptizest thou 
then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that 
prophet ? " 

John answered them, saying : " I baptize with water : but 
there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; he it 
is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose 
shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose." 

These things were done in Bethabara, beyond Jordan, 
where John was baptizing. 

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and 
saith : " Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the 
sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me 
cometh a man which is preferred before me : for he was 
before me. And I knew him not : but that he should be 
made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with 
water." 

And John bare record, saying : "I saw the Spirit descending 



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from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I 
knew him not : but he that sent me to baptize with water, 
the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the 
Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he 
which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and 
bare record that this is the Son of God." 



Chapter IV.— THE FIRST DISCIPLES OF JESUS. 

Again the next day after John stood, and two of his 
disciples ; and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith : 
" Behold the Lamb of God ! " And the two disciples 
heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 

Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith 
unto them : " What seek ye ? " They said unto him : 
"Rabbi," (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) 
" where dwellest thou ? " He saith unto them : " Come and 
see." They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with 
him that day : for it was about the tenth hour. 

One of the two which heard John speak, and followed 
him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first findeth 
his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, "We have 
found the Messias," which is, being interpreted, the Christ. 
And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld 
him, he said, "Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou 
shalt be called Cephas," which is by interpretation, A stone. 

The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and 
findeth Philip, and saith unto him : " Follow me." 

Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and 
Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him : " We 
have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the 
prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." 
And Nathanael said unto him : " Can there any good thing 
come out of Nazareth ? " Philip saith unto him : " Come 
and see." 

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him : 
" Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" 
Nathanael saith unto him : " Whence knowest thou me ? " 
Jesus answered and said unto him : u Before that Philip 
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Nathanael answered and said unto him : " Rabbi, thou art 
the Son of God ; thou art the King of Israel." 

Jesus answered and said unto him : " Because I said unto 
thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou ? thou 
shalt see greater things than these." And he saith unto 
him : " Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall 
see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and 
descending upon the Son of man." 



Chapter V.— THE FIRST MIRACLES. 

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee ; 
and the mother of Jesus was there : and both Jesus was 
called, and his disciples, to the marriage. 

And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith 
unto him : "They have no wine." 

Jesus saith unto her : " Woman, what have I to do 
with thee ? mine hour is not yet come." 

His mother saith unto the servants : " Whatsoever he 
saith unto you, do it." 

And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after 
the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two 
or three firkins apiece. 

Jesus saith unto them : " Fill the waterpots with water." 
And they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto 
them : " Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the 
feast." And they bare it. 

When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that 
was made wine, and knew not whence it was : (but the 
servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of 
the feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him: 
" Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine ; 
and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse : 
but thou hast kept the good wine until now." 

This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, 
and manifested forth his glory : and his disciples believed 
on him. 

After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his 
mother, and his brethren, and his disciples : and they 
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And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up 
to Jerusalem, and found in the temple those that sold 
oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money 
sitting : and when he had made a scourge of small cords, 
he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and 
the oxen ; and poured out the changers' money, and over- 
threw the tables ; and said unto them that sold doves : 
" Take these things hence ; make not my Father's house 
an house of merchandise." 

And his disciples remembered that it was written : " The 

ZEAL OF THINE HOUSE HATH EATEN ME UP." 

Then answered the Jews and said unto him : " What sign 
shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?" 

Jesus answered and said unto them : " Destroy this 
temple, and in three days I will raise it up." 

Then said the Jews : " Forty and six years was this 
temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days ? " 

But he spake of the temple of his body. 

When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples 
remembered that he had said this to them; and they 
believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. 

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the 
feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the 
miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself 
unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that 
any should testify of man : for he knew what was in man. 



Chapter VI.— THE NEW BIRTH. 

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a 
ruler of the Jews : the same came to Jesus by night, and 
said unto him : " Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher 
come from God: for no man can do these miracles that 
thou doest, except God be with him." 

Jesus answered and said unto him : " Verily, verily, I 
say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see 
the kingdom of God." 

Nicodemus saith unto him : " How can a man be born 
when he is old ? can he enter the second time into his 
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Jesus answered : " Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he 
cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is 
born of the flesh is flesh ; and that which is born of the 
Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye 
must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, 
and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell 
whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one 
that is born of the Spirit." 

Nicodemus answered and said unto him : " How can 
these things be ? " 

Jesus answered and said unto him : " Art thou a master 
of Israel, and knowest not these things ? Verily, verily, 
I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify 
that we have seen ; and ye receive not our witness. If 
I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how 
shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things ? And 
no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came 
down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in 
heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the 
wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but 
have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he 
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in 
him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For 
God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world ; 
but that the world through him might be saved. He that 
believeth on him is not condemned : but he that believeth 
not is condemned already, because he hath not believed 
in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this 
is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, 
and men loved darkness rather than light, because their 
deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth 
the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds 
should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to 
the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they 
are wrought in God." 

After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the 
land of Judaea ; and there he tarried with them, and 
baptized. And John also was baptizing in yEnon near to 
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came, and were baptized. For John was not yet cast into 
prison. 

Then there arose a question between some of John's 
disciples and the Jews about purifying. And they came 
unto John, and said unto him : " Rabbi, he that was with 
thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, 
the same baptizeth, and all men come to him." 

John answered and said : " A man can receive nothing, 
except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear 
me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am 
sent before him. He that hath the bride is the bride- 
groom : but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth 
and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bride- 
groom's voice : this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must 
increase, but I must decrease. He that cometh from above 
is above all : he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh 
of the earth : he that cometh from heaven is above all. 
And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth ; and 
no man receiveth his testimony. He that hath received 
his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For 
he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God : for 
God giveth not the spirit by measure unto him. The Father 
loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life : and he 
that believeth not the Son shall not see life ; but the wrath 
of God abideth on him." 

When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had 
heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than 
John, (though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 
he left Judsea, and departed again into Galilee. And he 
must needs go through Samaria. 



Chapter VII.— BY JACOB'S WELL. 

Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called 
Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to 
his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus there- 
fore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well : 
and it was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman 
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me to drink." (For his disciples were gone away unto the 
city to buy meat.) 

Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him : " How is 
it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am 
a woman of Samaria ? for the Jews have no dealing- with 
the Samaritans." 

Jesus answered and said unto her : " If thou knewest the 
gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to 
drink ; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would 
have given thee living water." 

The woman saith unto him : " Sir, thou hast nothing to 
draw with, and the well is deep : from whence then hast 
thou that living water ? Art thou greater than our father 
Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, 
and his children, and his cattle ? " 

Jesus answered and said unto her : " Whosoever drinketh 
of this water shall thirst again : but whosoever drinketh 
of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst ; but 
the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of 
water springing up into everlasting life." 

The woman saith unto him : " Sir, give me this water, 
that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw." 

Jesus saith unto her : " Go, call thy husband, and come 
hither." 

The woman answered and said : " I have no husband." 

Jesus said unto her : " Thou hast well said, I have no 
husband : for thou hast had five husbands ; and he whom 
thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou 
truly." 

The woman saith unto him : " Sir, I perceive that thou 
art a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; 
and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought 
to worship." 

Jesus saith unto her : * Woman, believe me, the hour 
cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet 
at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know 
not what : we know what we worship : for salvation is 
of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the 
true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and 
in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 
God is a Spirit : and they that worship him must worship 
him in spirit and in truth." 



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The woman saith unto him : " I know that Messias 
cometh, which is called Christ : when he is come, he will 
tell us all things." 

Jesus saith unto her : " I that speak unto thee am he." 

And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he 
talked with the woman : yet no man said, What seeketh 
thou ? or, Why talkest thou with her ? 

The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into 
the city, and saith to the men : " Come, see a man, which 
told me all things that ever I did : is not this the Christ ? " 

Then they went out of the city and came unto him. 

In the meanwhile his disciples prayed him, saying : 
"Master, eat." 

But he said unto them : " I have meat to eat that ye 
know not of." 

Therefore said the disciples one to another : " Hath any 
man brought him ought to eat ? " 

Jesus saith unto them : " My meat is to do the will of 
him that sent me, and to finish his work. Say not ye, 
There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? 
behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on 
the fields ; for they are white already to harvest. And 
he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit 
unto life eternal : that both he that soweth and he that 
reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that saying 
true, One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you to 
reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men 
laboured, and ye are entered into their labours." 

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on 
him for the saying of the woman, which testified : " He 
told me all that ever I did." 

So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they 
besought him that he would tarry with them : and he abode 
there two days. 

And many more believed because of his own word ; and 
said unto the woman : " Now we believe, not because of 
thy saying : for we have heard him ourselves, and know 
that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world." 

Now after two days he departed thence, and went into 
Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a prophet hath 
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Then, when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans 
received him, having seen all the things that he did at 
Jerusalem at the feast : for they also went unto the feast. 

So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he 
made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, 
whose son was sick at Capernaum. 

When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into 
Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would 
come down, and heal his son : for he was at the point of 
death. 

Then said Jesus unto him : " Except ye see signs and 
wonders, ye will not believe." 

The nobleman saith unto him : " Sir, come down ere 
my child die." 

Jesus saith unto him : si Go thy way ; thy son liveth." 
And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken 
unto him, and he went his way. 

And as he was now going down, his servants met him, 
and told him, saying : " Thy son liveth." 

Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to 
amend. And they said unto him : " Yesterday at the 
seventh hour the fever left him." So the father knew that 
it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, 
Thy son liveth : and himself believed, and his whole house. 

This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when 
he was come out of Judaea into Galilee. 



Chapter VIII.— A SERMON IN JERUSALEM. 

After this there was a feast of the Jews ; and Jesus went 
up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep 
market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue 
Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multi- 
tude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for 
the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a 
certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: who- 
soever then first after the troubling of the water stepped 
in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. 

And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity 
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When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been 
now a long time in that case, he saith unto him : " Wilt 
thou be made whole ? " 

The impotent man answered him : " Sir, I have no man, 
when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool : but 
while I am coming, another steppeth down before me." 

Jesus saith unto him: "Bise, take up thy bed, and 
walk." And immediately the man was made whole, and 
took up his bed, and walked : and on the same day was 
the sabbath. 

The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured : " It 
is the sabbath day : it is not lawful for thee to carry thy 
bed." He answered them : " He that made me whole, 
the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk." 

Then asked they him : " What man is that which said 
unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk ? " 

And he that was healed wist not who it was : for Jesus 
had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. 

Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and saith 
unto him : " Behold, thou art made whole : sin no more, 
lest a worse thing come unto thee." 

The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, 
which had made him whole. And therefore did the Jews 
persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had 
done these things on the sabbath day. But Jesus answered 
them : " My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." There- 
fore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not 
only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was 
his Father, making himself equal with God. Then answered 
Jesus and said unto them : " Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he 
seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, 
these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth 
the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth : 
and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye 
may marvel. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and 
quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he 
will. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed 
all judgment unto the Son : that all men should honour the 
Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth 
- not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. 

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and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, 
and shall not come into condemnation ; but is passed from 
death unto life. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and 
now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of 
God : and they that hear shall live. For as the Father 
hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have 
life in himself ; and hath given him authority to execute 
judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 

Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming in the which 
all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall 
come forth; they that have done good, unto the resur- 
rection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the 
resurrection of damnation. 

I can of mine own self do nothing : as I hear, I judge : 
and my judgment is just ; because I seek not mine own 
will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. If 
I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. There 
is another that beareth witness of me ; and I know that 
the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 

Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. 
But I receive not testimony from man : but these things 
I say, that ye might be saved. 

He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were 
willing for a season to rejoice in his light. But I have 
greater witness than that of John : for the works which 
the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that 
I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent 
me. And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath 
borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at 
any time, nor seen his shape. And ye have not his word 
abiding in you : for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. 

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have 
eternal life : and they are they which testify of me. 

And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. 

I receive not honour from men. But I know you, that 
ye have not the love of God in you. 

I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not : 
if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 

How can ye believe, which receive honour one of 
another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God 
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Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father : there 
is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust 
For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me : 
for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, 
how shall ye believe my words ? " 



Chapter IX.— JESUS RETURNS TO GALILEE. 

Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, 
he returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee : and 
there went out a fame of him through all the region round 
about. 

And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 

And he came to Nazareth, w T here he had been brought 
up : and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue 
on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there 
was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. 
And when he had opened the book, he found the place 
where it was written : " The Spirit of the Lord is upon 

ME, BECAUSE HE HATH ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE 
GOSPEL TO THE POOR; HE HATH SENT ME TO HEAL THE 
BROKENHEARTED, TO PREACH DELIVERANCE TO THE CAP- 
TIVES, AND RECOVERING OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET 
AT LIBERTY THEM THAT ARE BRUISED, TO PREACH THE 
ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD." 

And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the 
minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that 
were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 

And he began to say unto them : " This day is this 
scripture fulfilled in your ears." 

And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious 
words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said : 
" Is not this Joseph's son ? " 

And he said unto them : " Ye will surely say unto me 
this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have 
heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country." 

And he said : " Verily I say unto you, BTo prophet is 
accepted in his own country. But I tell you of a truth, 
many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when 
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when great famine was throughout all the land ; but unto 
none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of 
Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers 
were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet : and 
none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian." 

And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these 
things, were filled with wrath, and rose up, and thrust him 
out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill 
whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down 
headlong. But he, passing through the midst of them, went 
his way, and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in 
Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of 
Zabulon and Nephthalim : that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying : " The land 
of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way 
of the sea, beyond jordan, galilee of the gentiles ; 
the people which sat in darkness saw great light ; 
and to them which sat in the region and shadow 
of death light is sprung up." 

From that time Jesus began to preach and to say : 
"Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." 

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two 
brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, 
casting a net into the sea : for they were fishers. 

And he saith unto them : " Follow me, and I will 
make you fishers of men." 

And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. 

And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, 
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship 
with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he 
called them. And they immediately left the ship and their 
father, and followed him. 

And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon 
him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of 
Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake : but the 
fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 

And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, 
and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. 
And he sat down and taught the people out of the ship. 

Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon : 



44 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

" Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a 
draught." 

And Simon answering said unto him : " Master, we have 
toiled all the night, and have taken nothing : nevertheless 
at thy word I will let down the net." 

And when they had this done, they inclosed a great 
multitude of fishes : and their net brake. 

And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the 
other ship, that they should come and help them. And they 
came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. 

When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, 
saying : " Depart from me ; for I am a sinful man, O Lord." 
For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the 
draught of the fishes which they had taken : and so was also 
James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners 
with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon : " Fear not ; 
from henceforth thou shalt catch men." 

And when they had brought their ships to land, they 
forsook all, and followed him. 

And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on 
the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught. 
And they were astonished at his doctrine : for he taught 
them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. 

And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean 
spirit ; and he cried out, saying : " Let us alone ; what 
nave we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art 
thou come to destroy us ? I know thee who thou art, the 
Holy One of God." 

And Jesus rebuked him, saying : " Hold thy peace, and 
come out of him." 

And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried 
with a loud voice, he came out of him. 

And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned 
among themselves, saying : " What thing is this ? what new 
doctrine is this ? for with authority commandeth he even 
the unclean spirits, and they do obey him." And imme- 
diately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region 
round about Galilee. 

And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, 
they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with 
James and John. But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 45 

a great fever, and anon they tell him of her. And he 
came and stood over her, and rebuked the fever, and took 
her by the hand, and lifted her up ; and immediately the 
fever left her, and she ministered unto them. 

And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto 
him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed 
with devils. And all the city was gathered together at the 
door: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and 
healed all that were sick : that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying : " Himself took 

OUR INFIRMITIES, AND BARE OUR SICKNESSES." 

And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying : 
"Thou art Christ the Son of God." And he, rebuking 
them, suffered them not to speak : for they knew that he 
was Christ. 

And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, 
he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there 
prayed. And the multitudes sought after him, and came 
unto him, and would have stayed him, that he should not 
go from them. 

And Simon and they that were with him followed after 
him. And when they had found him, they said unto him : 
" All men seek for thee." And he said unto them : " I 
must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also : 
for therefore am I sent." 



Chapter X.— THE FAITHFUL AND THE PHARISEES. 

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their syna- 
gogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and 
healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease 
among the people. And his fame went throughout all 
Syria : and they brought unto him all sick people that 
were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those 
which were possessed with devils, and those which were 
lunatic, and those that had the palsy ; and he healed 
them. And there followed him great multitudes of people 
from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and 
from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan. 



46 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

And again he entered into Capernaum after some days ; 
and it was noised that he was in the house. And straight- 
way many were gathered together, insomuch that there 
was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about 
the door : and he preached the word unto them. 

And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, 
that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting 
by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and 
Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was 
present to heal them. And, behold, men brought in a 
bed a man which was taken with a palsy : and they sought 
means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. And 
when they could not find by what way they might bring 
him in because of the multitude, they went upon the 
housetop, and they uncovered the roof where he was : 
and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed 
wherein the sick of the palsy lay. 

When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the 
palsy : " Son, thy sins be forgiven thee." 

But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, 
and reasoning in their hearts : " Why doth this man 
thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God 
only ? " 

And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that 
they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them : 
" Why reason ye these things in your hearts ? Whether 
is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be 
forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, 
and walk ? But that ye may know that the Son of man 
hath power on earth to forgive sins," (he saith to the sick 
of the palsy,) " I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy 
bed, and go thy way into thine house." 

And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went 
forth before them all ; insomuch that they were all amazed, 
and glorified God, which had given such power unto men, 
and were filled with fear, saying : " We have seen strange 
things to-day." 

And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the 
multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. And 
as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphseus sitting at 
the receipt of custom, and said unto him : rt Follow me." 
And he left all, rose up, and followed him. 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 47 

And Levi made him a great feast in his own house : and! 
there was a great company of publicans and of others that 
sat down with them. But their scribes and Pharisees 
murmured against his disciples, saying: "Why do ye eat 
and drink with publicans and sinners?" 

And Jesus answering said unto them : " They that are 
whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. 
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have 

mercy, and not sacrifice : for I am not come to call the 

righteous, but sinners to repentance." 

And they said unto him : " Why do the disciples of John 
fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of 
the Pharisees ; but thine eat and drink ? " 

And he said unto them : " Can ye make the children 
of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with 
them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom 
shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast 
in those days." 

And he spake also a parable unto them : " No man 
putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old ; if other- 
wise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece 
that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. 
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else 
the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and 
the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into 
new bottles ; and both are preserved. No man also 
having drunk old wine straightway desireth new : for he 
saith, The old is better." 



Chapter XL— A SERMON ON THE SABBATH. * 

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the 
corn ; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to 
pluck the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their 
hands. And the Pharisees said unto him : " Behold, why 
do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful ? " 

And he said unto them : " Have ye never read what David 
did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and 
they that were with him ? How he went into the house 



48 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did 
eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the 
priests, and gave also to them which were with him?" 
And he said unto them: " The sabbath was made for man, 
and not man for the sabbath : therefore the Son of man 
is Lord also of the sabbath." 

And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he 
entered into the synagogue and taught : and there was a 
man whose right hand was withered. And the scribes 
and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the 
sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against 
him. And they asked him, saying : " Is it lawful to heal 
on the sabbath days ? " 

But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had 
the withered hand : " Rise up, and stand forth in the midst." 

And he rose and stood forth. 

Then said Jesus unto them: "I will ask you one 
thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, 
or to do evil? to save life or to destroy it? What 
man shall there be among you, that shall have one 
sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will 
he not lay hold on it, and lift it out ? How much then is 
a man better than a sheep ? Wherefore is it lawful to do 
well on the sabbath days." 

But they held their peace. 

And when he had looked round about on them with 
anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he 
saith unto the man : " Stretch forth thine hand." 

And he stretched it out : and his hand was restored 
whole as the other. 

And they were filled with madness ; and communed one 
with another what they might do to Jesus. 

And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took 
counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might 
destroy him. But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew 
himself from thence : and great multitudes followed him, 
and he healed them all; and charged them that they 
should not make him known : that it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying : — 

" Behold my servant, whom I have chosen ; my 

BELOVED, IN WHOM MY SOUL IS WELL PLEASED : I WILL 
PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, AND HE SHALL SHEW JUDGMENT 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 49 

to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; 
neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. 
a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax 
shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment 
unto victory. and in his name shall the gentiles 

TRUST." 

As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb 
man possessed with a devil. And when the devil was cast 
out, the dumb spake : and the multitudes marvelled, saying : 
" It was never so seen in Israel." 

But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea : 
and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from 
Judaea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from 
beyond Jordan ; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great 
multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, 
came unto him. 

And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should 
wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should 
throng him. For he had healed many ; insomuch that 
they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had 
plagues. And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell 
down before him, and cried, saying : " Thou art the Son of 
God." And he straitly charged them that they should not 
make him known. 

And seeing the multitudes, he went into a mountain to 
pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when 
it was day, he called unto him his disciples : and of them 
he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles ; Simon, 
(whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, 
James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, Matthew and 
Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called 
Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, 
which also was the traitor.* 

* [And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and 
that he might send them forth to preach, and to have power to 
heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils : and Simon he surnamed 
Peter ; and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of 
James ; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of 
thunder : and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, 
and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddasus, and 
Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed 
him. — S. Mark.] 



50 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

Chapter XII— ST. MATTHEW'S ACCOUNT OF THE 
SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 

And when he was set, his disciples came unto him : and 
he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying : — 

" Blessed are the poor in spirit : for their's is the 
kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for 
they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek : for they 
shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do 
hunger and thirst after righteousness : for they shall be 
filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain 
mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart : for they shall see 
God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be 
called the children of God. Blessed are they which 
are persecuted for righteousness' sake : for their's is the 
kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall 
revile you, and persecute you, and shall say ail manner 
of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and 
be exceeding glad : for great is your reward in heaven : 
for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. 

Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt have lost 
his savour, wherewith shall it be salted ? it is thenceforth 
good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden 
under foot of men. 

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on 
an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, 
and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick ; and it 
giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your 
light so shine before men, that they may see your good 
works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the 
prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For 
verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one 
jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till 
all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of 
these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he 
shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven : but 
whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be 
called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto 
you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the 
righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no 
case enter into the kingdom of heaven. 




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Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, 
Thou shalt not kill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be in 

danger of the judgment : but I say unto you, That whoso- 
ever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be 
in danger of the judgment : and whosoever shall say to 
his brother, Raea, shall be in danger of the council: 
but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger 
of hell fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, 
and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought 
against thee cleave there thy gift before the altar, and 
go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then 
come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adversary 
quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him ; lest at 
any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and 
the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast 
in prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no 
means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost 
farthing. 

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, 
Thou shalt not 'commit adultery: but I say unto you, 

That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath 
committed adultery with her already in his heart. 

And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast 
it from thee : for it is profitable for thee that one of thy 
members should perish, and not that thy whole body 
should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend 
thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee : for it is profitable 
for thee that one of thy members should perish, and 
not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, 

let him give her a writing of divorcement : but I say unto 

you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for 
the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery : 
and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth 
adultery. 
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them 

of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt 

perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, 

Swear not at all: neither by heaven; for it is God's 
throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool : neither 



52 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst 
not make one hair white or black. But let your com- 
munication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is 
more than these cometh of evil. 

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an 

eye, and a tooth for a tooth : but I say unto you, That 

ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on thy 
right cheek, turn to him the other also. 

And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take 
away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. 

And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with 
him twain. 

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would 
borrow of thee turn not thou away. 

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love 

thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto 

you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do 
good to them that hate you, and pray for them which 
despitefully use you, and persecute you ; that ye may be 
the children of your Father which is in heaven : for he 
maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and 
sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 

For if ye love them which love you, what reward have 
ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye 
salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others ? 
do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, 
even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. 

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be 
seen of them : otherwise ye have no reward of your Father 
which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine 
alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites 
do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may 
have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have 
their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left 
hand know what thy right hand doeth : that thine alms 
may be in secret : and thy Father which seeth in secret 
himself shall reward thee openly. 

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the 
hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 53 

synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they 
may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have 
their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into 
thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy 
Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth 
in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, 
use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think 
that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be 
not ye therefore like unto them : for your Father knoweth 
what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 

After this manner therefore pray ye : Our Father which 
art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom 
come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our 
debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into 
temptation, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the 
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly 
Father will also forgive you : but if ye forgive not men 
their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your 
trespasses. 

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a 
sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they 
may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, 
They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, 
anoint thine head, and wash thy face ; that thou appear 
not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in 
secret : and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward 
thee openly. 

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where 
moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break 
through and steal : but lay up for yourselves treasures in 
heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and 
where thieves do not break through nor steal : for where 
your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 

The light of the body is the eye : if therefore thine eye 
be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if 
thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. 
If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great 
is that darkness ! 

No man can serve two masters : for either he will hate 
the one, and love the other ; or else he will hold to the 



54 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and 
mammon. 

Therefore I say unto yon, Take no thought for your 
life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet 
for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more 
than meat, and the body than raiment ? 

Behold the fowls of the air : for they sow not, neither 
do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly 
Father f eedeth them. Are ye not much better than they ? 

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto 
his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? 
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they toil 
not, neither do they spin : and yet I say unto you, That 
even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one 
of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the 
field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, 
shall he not much more clothe you, ye of little faith ? 

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat ? 
or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be 
clothed ? (for after all these things do the Gentiles seek :) 
for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of 
all these things. 

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteous- 
ness ; and all these things shall be added unto you. 

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the 
morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. 
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. 

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what 
judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what 
measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's 
eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own 
eye ? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull 
out the mote out of thine eye ; and, behold, a beam is in 
thine own eye. Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam 
out of thine own eye ; and then shalt thou see clearly to 
cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast 
ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under 
their feet, and turn again and rend you. 

Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall find ; 
knock, and it shall be opened unto you : for every one 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 55 

that asketh receiveth ; and he that seeketh findeth ; and 
to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 

Or what man is there of yon, whom if his son ask bread, 
will he give him a stone ? or if he ask a fish, will he give 
him a serpent ? 

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts nnto 
your children, how much more shall your Father which 
is in heaven give good things to them that ask him ? 

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men 
should do to you, do ye even so to them : for this is the 
law and the prophets. 

Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and 
broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many 
there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, 
and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few 
there be that find it. 

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's 
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye 
shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grape3 
of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every good tree 
bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth 
forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil frait, 
neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every 
tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and 
cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall 
know them. 

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall 
enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the 
will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to 
me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy 
name ? and in thy name have cast out devils ? and in 
thy name done many wonderful works ? And then will I 
profess unto them, I never knew you : depart from me, ye 
that work iniquity. 

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and 
doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built 
his house upon a rock : and the rain descended, and the 
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that 
house ; and it fell not : for it was founded upon a rock. 

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and 
doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which 
built his house upon the sand : and the rain descended, 



56 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon 
that house ; and it fell : and great was the fall of it." 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, 
the people were astonished at his doctrine : for he taught 
them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. 

When he was come down from the mountain, great 
multitudes followed him. And it came to pass, when he 
was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy : who, 
seeing Jesus, fell on his face, and besought him, saying : 
" Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean." And 
Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and 
touched him, and saith unto him : " I will ; be thou clean." 
And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy 
departed from him, and he was cleansed. And he straitly 
charged him, and forthwith sent him away ; and saith unto 
him : " See thou say nothing to any man : but go thy 
way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing 
those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto 
them." 

But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to 
blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more 
openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places. 
And great multitudes came together to him from every 
quarter to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. 



Chapter XIII.— ST. LUKE'S ACCOUNT OF THE 

SERMON. 

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said : — 

" Blessed be ye poor : for your's is the kingdom of God. 

Blessed are ye that hunger now : for ye shall be filled. 
Blessed are ye that weep now : for ye shall laugh. 

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they 
shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach 
you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's 
sake. 

Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy : for, behold, 
your reward is great in heaven : for in the like manner 
did their fathers unto the prophets. 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 57 

But woe unto you that are rich ! for ye have received 
your consolation. 

Woe unto you that are full ! for ye shall hunger. Woe 
unto you that laugh now ! for ye shall mourn and weep. 

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you ! 
for so did their fathers to the false prophets. 

But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do 
good to them which hate you, bless them that curse you, 
and pray for them which despitefully use you. 

And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer 
also the other ; and him that taketh away thy cloke 
forbid not to take thy coat also. 

Give to every man that asketh of thee ; and of him that 
taketh away thy goods ask them not again. 

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also 
to them likewise. 

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have 
ye ? for sinners also love those that love them. 

And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what 
thank have ye ? for sinners also do even the same. 

And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, 
what thank have ye ? for sinners also lend to sinners, to 
receive as much again. 

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping 
for nothing again ; and your reward shall be great, and 
ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind 
unto the unthankful and to the evil. 

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : condemn not, 
and ye shall not be condemned : forgive, and ye shall be 
forgiven : give, and it shall be given unto you ; good 
measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running 
over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same 
measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you 
again." 

And he spake a parable unto them : " Can the blind lead 
the blind ? shall they not both fall into the ditch ? 

The disciple is not above his master : but every one 
that is perfect shall be as his master. 

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's 
eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? 
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me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou 
thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? 
Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own 
eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote 
that is in thy brother's eye. 

For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit ; neither 
doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. For every tree 
is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not 
gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. 

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart 
bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of 
the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is 
evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. 

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things 
which I say ? 

Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and 
doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like : he is 
like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and 
laid the foundation on a rock : and when the flood arose, 
the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could 
not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. But he 
that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without 
a foundation built an house upon the earth ; against which 
the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell ; 
and the ruin of that house was great." 



Chapter XIV.— MIRACLES OF COMPASSION. 

Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience 
of the people, he entered into Capernaum. And a certain 
centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and 
ready to die. And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto 
him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would 
come and heal his servant. 

And when they came to Jesus, they besought him in- 
stantly, saying, that he was worthy for whom he should do 
this : " for he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a 
synagogue." 

Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now 
not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 59 

saying unto him : " Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not 
worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: where- 
fore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee : 
but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. For 
I also am a man set under authority, having under me 
soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth ; and to another, 
Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and 
he doeth it." 

When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and 
turned him about, and said unto the people that followed 
him : " I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, 
not in Israel. And I say unto you, That many shall come 
from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, 
and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the 
children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer dark- 
ness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." 

And Jesus said unto the centurion : u Go thy way ; and 
as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee." And his 
servant was healed in the selfsame hour. 

And they that were sent, returning to the house, found 
the servant whole that had been sick. 

And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a 
city called Nain ; and many of his disciples went with him, 
and much people. Now when he came nigh to the gate of 
the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only 
son of his mother, and she was a widow : and much people 
of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he 
had compassion on her, and said unto her : " Weep not." 
And he came and touched the bier : and they that bare 
him stood still. And he said : u Young man, I say unto 
thee, Arise ! " 

And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And 
he delivered him to his mother. 

And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, 
saying, that a great prophet is risen up among us ; and, that 
God hath visited his people. And this rumour of him 
went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the 
region round about. And the disciples of John shewed 
him of all these things. 

And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them 
to Jesus, saying : " Art thou he that should come ? or look 



60 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

we for another ? " When the men were come unto him, 
they said : " John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, 
Art thou he that should come ? or look we for another ? * 
And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities 
and plagues, and of evil spirits ; and unto many that were 
blind he gave sight. Then Jesus answering said unto 
them : " Go your way, and tell John what things ye have 
seen and heard ; how that the blind see, the lame walk, 
the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, 
to the poor the gospel is preached. And blessed is he, 
whosoever shall not be offended in me." 

And when the messengers of John were departed, he 
began to speak unto the people concerning John : M What 
went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed 
shaken with the wind ? But what went ye out for to 
see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they 
which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are 
in kings' courts. But what went ye out for to see ? A 
prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a 

prophet. This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send 

my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy 

way before thee. For I say unto you, Among those that 

are born of women there is not a greater prophet than 
John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom 
of God is greater than he. And from the days of John 
the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth 
violence, and the violent take it by force. For all the 
prophets and the law prophesied until John. And if ye 
will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. He 
that hath ears to hear, let him hear. But whereunto 
shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children 
sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, and 
saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced ; 
we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 
He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and 
drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a 
winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom 
is justified of her children." 

And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, 
justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. 




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But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of 
God against themselves, being not baptized of him. 

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of 
his mighty works were done, because they repented not : 
" Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! 
for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had 
been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented 
long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It 
shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of 
judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art 
exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for 
if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had 
been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this 
day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable 
for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for 
thee." 

At that time Jesus answered and said : " I thank thee, 
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid 
these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed 
them unto babes. Even so, Father : for so it seemed good 
in thy sight. All things are delivered unto me of my 
Father : and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father ; 
neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and 
he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Come unto me, 
all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give 
you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me ; for 
I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest 
unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden 
is light." 

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat 
with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and 
sat down to meat. And, behold, a woman in the city, 
which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat 
in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of 
ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and 
began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with 
the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed 
them with the ointment. 

Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, 
he spake within himself, saying : " This man, if he were a 
prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman 
this is that toucheth him : for she is a sinner." 



62 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

And Jesus answering said unto him : " Simon, I have 
somewhat to say unto thee." And he saith: "Master, 
say on." 

" There was a certain creditor which had two debtors : 
the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 
And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave 
them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love 
him most ? " Simon answered and said : " I suppose 
that he to whom he forgave most." And he said unto 
him : " Thou hast rightly judged/' And he turned to 
the woman, and said unto Simon : " Seest thou this 
woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no 
water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with 
tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. Thou 
gavest me no kiss : but this woman since the time I came 
in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil 
thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed 
my feet with ointment. Wherefore I say unto thee, Her 
sins, which are many, are forgiven ; for she loved much: 
but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little." 
And he said unto her: "Thy sins are forgiven." And 
they that sat at meat with him began to say within them- 
selves : " Who is this that forgiveth sins also ? " And he 
said to the woman : " Thy faith hath saved thee ; go in 
peace." 



Chapter XV.— PREACHING IN PARABLES. 

And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout 
every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad 
tidings of the kingdom of God : and the twelve were with 
him, and certain women, which had been healed of evil 
spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom 
went seven devils, and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's 
steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered 
unto him of their substance. 

Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, 
blind, and dumb : and he healed him, insomuch that the blind 
and dumb both spake and saw. And all the people were 
amazed, and said: "Is not this the son of David?" But when 
the Pharisees heard it, they said : " This fellow doth not cast 



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out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils." And 
Jesus knew their thoughts, and he called them unto him, 
and said unto them in parables : " Every kingdom divided 
against itself is brought to desolation ; and every city or 
house divided against itself shall not stand : and if Satan 
cast out Satan, he is divided against himself ; how shall 
then his kingdom stand ? And if Satan rise up against 
himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. 
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your 
children cast them out? therefore they shall be your 
judges. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, 
then the kingdom of God is come unto you. Or else how 
can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his 
goods, except he first bind the strong man ? and then h8 
will spoil his house. He that is not with me is against 
me ; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 
Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto 
the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they 
shall blaspheme: but he that shall blaspheme against 
the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger 
of eternal damnation." (Because they said : " He hath an 
unclean spirit.") " And whosoever speaketh a word against 
the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him : but whosoever 
speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven 
him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. 
Either make the tree good, and his fruit good ; or else 
make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt : for the tree 
is known by his fruit. generation of vipers, how can 
ye, being evil, speak good things ? for out of the abundance 
of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the 
good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things : and 
an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil 
things. But I say unto you, That every idle word that 
men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the 
day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, 
and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." 

Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, 
saying : " Master, we would see a sign from thee." But he 
answered and said unto them : " An evil and adulterous 
generation seeketh after a sign ; and there shall no sign 
be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas : for as 
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64 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

belly ; so shall the Son of man be three days and three 
nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh 
shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall 
condemn it : because they repented at the preaching of 
Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. The 
queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with 
this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from 
the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of 
Solomon ; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. 

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh 
through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then 
he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came 
out ; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, 
and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself 
seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they 
enter in and dwell there : and the last state of that man 
is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto 
this wicked generation." 

And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain 
woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto 
him : " Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps 
which thou hast sucked ! " But he said : " Yea rather, 
blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it." 

While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother 
and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 
Then one said unto him : " Behold, thy mother and thy 
brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee." But 
he answered and said unto him that told him: "Who is 
my mother ? and who are my brethren ? " And he looked 
round about on them which sat about him, and he stretched 
forth his hand toward his disciples, and said : " Behold my 
mother and my brethren ! My mother and my brethren 
are these which hear the word of God, and do it. For 
whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in 
heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother." 

The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by 
the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together 
unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat ; and the 
whole multitude stood on the shore. And he spake many 
things unto them in parables, saying : " Behold, a sower 
went forth to sow ; and when he sowed, some seeds fell 



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by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them 
up : some fell upon stony places, where they had not much 
earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no 
deepness of earth : and when the sun was up, they were 
scorched ; and because they had no root, they withered 
away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns 
sprung up, and choked them: but other fell into good 
ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, 
some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold." And he said unto them : 
" He that hath ears to hear, let him hear ! " 

And when he was alone, they that were about him, with 
the twelve, asked of him : " Why speakest thou unto them in 
parables ? " He answered and said unto them : " Because 
it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom 
of heaven, but to them that are without, all these things 
are done in parables : that seeing they may see, and not 
perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not under- 
stand; lest at any time they should be converted, and 
their sins should be forgiven them. And in them is ful- 
filled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing 
ye shall hear, and shall not understand ; and seeing ye 
shall see, and shall not perceive : for this people's heart 
is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and 
their eyes they have closed ; lest at any time they should 
see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should 
understand with their heart, and should be converted, and 
I should heal them. But blessed are your eyes, for they 

see : and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto 
you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired 
to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; 
and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not 
heard them. 

Know ye not this parable ? and how then will ye know 
all parables ? Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and under- 
standeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth 
away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which 
received seed by the way side. But he that received the 
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66 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

word, and anon with joy receiveth it ; yet hath he not root 
in himself, but dureth for a while : for when tribulation 
or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he 
is offended. He also that received seed among the thorns 
is he that heareth the word ; and the care of this world, 
and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he 
becometh unfruitful. But he that received seed into the 
good ground is he which in an honest and good heart, 
having heard the word, keepeth it; and bringeth forth 
fruit with patience, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some 
thirty." 

And he said unto them : " BTo man, when he hath lighted 
a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a 
bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may 
see the light. The light of the body is the eye : therefore 
when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of 
light ; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of 
darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in 
thee be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full 
of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of 
light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give 
thee light. For nothing is secret, that shall not be 
made manifest ; neither any thing hid, that shall not be 
known and come abroad. If any man have ears to hear, 
let him hear.'* And he said unto them : " Take heed what 
ye hear : with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured 
to you : and unto you that hear shall more be given. For 
he that hath, to him shall be given : and he that hath not, 
from him shall be taken even that which he hath." 

And he said : " So is the kingdom of God, as if a man 
should cast seed into the ground ; and should sleep, and rise 
night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, 
he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit 
of herself ; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full 
corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, imme- 
diately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is 
come." 

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying : " The 
kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed 
good seed in his field: but while men slept, his enemy 
came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his 
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OF JESUS CHRIST. 67 

forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants 
of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst 
not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then 
hath it tares ? He said unto them, An enemy hath done 
this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that 
we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest 
while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat 
with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: 
and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, 
Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles 
to burn them : but gather the wheat into my barn." 

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying: "Where- 
unto shall we liken the kingdom of God ? or with what 
comparison shall we compare it? It is like a grain of 
mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field : 
which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the 
seeds that be in the earth ; but when it is sown, it groweth 
up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out 
great branches ; so that the fowls of the air may lodge 
under the shadow of it." 

Another parable spake he unto them : " The kingdom 
of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and 
hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened." 

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in 
parables ; and without a parable spake he not unto them. 
And when they were alone, he expounded all things to 
his disciples. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken 
by the prophet, saying : " I will open my mouth in 

PARABLES ; I WILL UTTER THINGS WHICH HAVE BEEN KEPT 
SECRET FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD." 

Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the 
house : 'and his disciples came unto him, saying : " Declare 
unto us the parable of the tares of the field." He answered 
and said unto them: "He that soweth the good seed is 
the Son of man ; the field is the world ; the good seed 
are the children of the kingdom ; but the tares are the 
children of the wicked one ; the enemy that sowed them 
is the devil ; the harvest is the end of the world ; and 
the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are 
gathered and burned in the fire ; so shall it be in the end 
of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, 



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and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that 
offend, and them which do iniquity ; and shall cast them 
into a furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing 
of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun 
in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, 
let him hear. 

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure 
hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he 
hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he 
hath, and buyeth that field. 

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant 
man, seeking goodly pearls : who, when he had found one 
pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and 
bought it. 

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that 
was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: 
which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat 
down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the 
bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world: the 
angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among 
the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: 
there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." 

Jesus saith unto them : " Have ye understood all these 
things ? " 

They say unto him : "Yea, Lord." 

Then said he unto them: "Therefore every scribe 
which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like 
unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth 
out of his treasure things new and old." 



Chapter XVI.— ON THE SEA OF GALILEE. 

Now it came to pass on a certain day, that when Jesus 
saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to 
his disciples : and he said unto them : " Let us go over 
unto the other side of the lake." And when they had 
sent away the multitude, they took him, even as he was, in 
the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. 
But as they sailed he fell asleep. And there arose a great 
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was now full, and they were in jeopardy. And he was in the 
hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow : and they awake 
him, and say unto him : " Master, carest thou not that we 
perish ? " And he saith unto them : " Why are ye fearful, 
ye of little faith?" Then he arose, and rebuked the 
wind and the raging of the water, and said unto the sea : 
" Peace, be still ! " And the wind ceased, and there was 
a great calm. And he said unto them : " Why are ye so 
fearful ? how is it that ye have no faith ? " And they 
feared exceedingly, and said one to another : " What manner 
of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him ? " 
And when he was come to the other side into the country 
of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee, there met 
him two which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, 
neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. And one of 
them no man could bind, no, not with chains : because 
that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and 
the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the 
fetters broken in pieces : neither could any man tame him. 
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and 
in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. But 
when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, 
and cried with a loud voice, and said : " What have I to 
do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God ? I 
adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. Art thou 
come hither to torment us before the time ? " For he said 
unto him : " Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit." 
And he asked him : " What is thy name ? " And he 
answered, saying : " My name is Legion : for we are many." 
And he besought him much that he would not send them 
away out of the country. Now there was there nigh unto 
the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. And all the 
devils besought him, saying : " Send us into the swine, that 
we may enter into them." And forthwith Jesus gave them 
leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into 
the swine : and the herd ran violently down a steep place 
into the sea, (they were about two thousand ;) and were 
choked in the sea. And they that kept them fled, and 
went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and 
what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. And, 
behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And they 
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70 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his 
right mind : and they were afraid. And they that saw it 
told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the 
devil, and also concerning the swine. And they began to 
pray him to depart out of their coasts. And when he was 
come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the 
devil prayed him that he might be with him. Howbeit 
Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him : " Go home to 
thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord 
hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee." 
And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how 
great things Jesus had done for him : and all men did 
marvel. 

And it came to pass, that when Jesus was returned, the 
people gladly received him : for they were all waiting for 
him. 

And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he 
was a ruler of the synagogue : and he fell down at Jesus' 
feet, and besought him that he would come into his 
house : for he had one only daughter, about twelve years 
of age, and she lay a dying. And he besought him greatly, 
saying : " My little daughter lieth at the point of death : I 
pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be 
healed ; and she shall live." And Jesus arose, and followed 
him, and so did his disciples; and much people followed 
him, and thronged him. 

And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood 
twelve years, and had suffered many things of many phy- 
sicians, neither could be healed of any, and was nothing 
bettered, but rather grew worse, when she had heard of 
Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. 
For she said : " If I may touch but his clothes, I shall 
be whole." And straightway the fountain of her blood 
was dried up ; and she felt in her body that she was 
healed of that plague. And Jesus, immediately knowing 
in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him 
about in the press, and said : " Who touched my clothes ? " 
And his disciples said unto him : " Thou seest the multitude 
thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me ? " And 
he looked round about to see her that had done this 
thing. But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing 
what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 71 

told him all the truth. And he said unto her : " Daughter, 
thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be 
whole of thy plague." 

While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the 
synagogue's house certain which said : " Thy daughter is 
dead : why troublest thou the Master any further ? " As 
soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith 
unto the ruler of the synagogue : " Be not afraid, only 
believe, and she shall be made whole." And when he 
came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save 
Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother 
of the maiden. And all wept, and bewailed her : but he 
said: "Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth." And 
they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all 
out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and 
them that were with him, and he entered in where the 
damsel was lying. And he took the damsel by the hand, 
and said unto her, " Talitha cumi " ; which is, being inter- 
preted, " Damsel, I say unto thee, arise 1 " And straightway 
the damsel arose, and walked ; for she was of the age of twelve 
years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. 
And he charged them straitly that no man should know it ; 
and commanded that something should be given her to eat. 
But the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. 

And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed 
him, crying, and saying : " Thou son of David, have mercy 
on us." And when he was come into the house, the blind 
men came to him : and Jesus saith unto them : " Believe 
ye that I am able to do this ? " They said unto him : 
"Yea, Lord." Then touched he their eyes, saying: 
" According to your faith be it unto you." And their eyes 
were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying : " See 
that no man know it." But they, when they were departed, 
spread abroad his fame in all that country. 

And he went out from thence, and came into his own 
country ; and his disciples follow him. And when the 
sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue : 
and many hearing him were astonished, saying : " From 
whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is 
this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works 
are wrought by his hands ? Is not this the capenter ? 
is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren James, 



72 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

and Joses, and Simon, and Judas ? and his sisters, are they 
not all with us ? Whence then hath this man all these 
things ? " And they were offended at him. But Jesus 
said unto them : " A prophet is not without honour, but 
in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his 
own house." And he could there do no mighty work, save 
that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed 
them. ^ And he marvelled because of their unbelief. 



Chapter XVIL— THE CHARGE TO THE APOSTLES. 

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching 
in their synagogues, journeying toward Jerusalem, and preach- 
ing the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness 
and every disease among the people. But when he saw 
the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, 
because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep 
having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples: 
" The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few ; 
pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will 
send forth labourers into his harvest." 

And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send 
them forth two by two ; and gave them power over unclean 
spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness 
and all manner of disease ; and commanded them, saying : 

" Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city 
of the Samaritans enter ye not : but go rather to the lost 
sheep of the house of Israel. And as ye go, preach, 
saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the 
sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: 
freely ye have received, freely give. Provide neither 
gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for 
your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet 
staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. And 
into whatsoever city or town ye enter, enquire who in it 
is worthy ; and there abide till ye go thence. And when 
you come into an house, salute it. And if the house be 
worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not 
worthy, let your peace return to you. And whosoever 
shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 73 

thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony 
against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more 
tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, 
than for that city. 

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of 
wolves : be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as 
doves. But beware of men : for they will deliver you up 
to the councils, and they will scourge you in their syna- 
gogues; and ye shall be brought before governors and 
kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the 
Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no thought 
how or what ye shall speak : for it shall be given you in 
that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that 
speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. 
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and 
the father the child : and the children shall rise up against 
their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye 
shall be hated of all men for my name's sake : but he that 
endureth to the end shall be saved. But when they perse- 
cute you in this city, flee ye into another : for verily I say 
unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, 
till the Son of man be come. 

The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant 
above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be 
as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have 
called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more 
shall they call them of his household ? Fear them not 
therefore : for there is nothing covered, that shall not be 
revealed ; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell 
you in darkness, that speak ye in light : and what ye hear 
in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. And fear 
not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the 
soul : but rather fear him which is able to destroy both 
soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a 
farthing ? and one of them shall not fall on the ground 
without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are 
all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value 
than many sparrows. Whosoever therefore shall confess 
me before men, him will I confess also before my Father 
which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before 
men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in 
heaven. 



74 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I 
came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to 
set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter 
against her mother, and the daughter in law against her 
mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own 
household. He that loveth father or mother more than 
me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter 
more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh 
not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. 
He that findeth his life shall lose it : and he that loseth 
his life for my sake shall find it. He that reeeiveth you 
receiveth me, and he that reeeiveth me reeeiveth him that 
sent me. He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a 
prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that 
receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man 
shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whosoever 
shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of 
cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say 
unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward." 

And they departed and went through the towns, preach- 
ing the gospel that men should repent. And they cast out 
many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and 
healed them. And it came to pass when Jesus had made 
an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed 
thence to teach and to preach in their cities. 



Chapter XVIII.— THE BREAD OF LIFE. 

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by 
him, (for his name was spread abroad :) and he was per- 
plexed, because that it was said of some, that John was 
risen from the dead ; and of some, that Elias had appeared ; 
and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. 
And Herod said : " John have I beheaded : but who is 
this, of whom I hear such things ? " And he desired to 
see him. 

When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship 
over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias, into 
a desert place apart. And the apostles, when they were 
returned, told him all that they had done. And a great 



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multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which 
he did on them that were diseased. And the passover, a 
feast of the Jews, was nigh. And Jesus went up into a 
mountain, and saw the great multitude, and was moved with 
compassion toward them : and he received them, and spake 
unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that 
had need of healing. And when it was evening, his disciples 
came to him, saying : " This is a desert place, and the 
time is now past ; send the multitude away, that they may 
go into the villages, and buy themselves bread ; for they 
have nothing to eat." But Jesus said unto them : u They 
need not depart: give ye them to eat." 

When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great com- 
pany come unto him, he saith unto Philip : " Whence shall 
we buy bread, that these may eat ? " And this he said to 
prove him : for he himself knew what he would do. Philip 
answered him : " Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not 
sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little." 
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith 
unto him : " There is a lad here, which hath five barley 
loaves, and two small fishes ; but what are they among so 
many ? " And Jesus said : " Bring them hither to me. 
Make them sit down by fifties in a company." Now there 
was much grass in the place. And he commanded the 
multitude to sit down on the grass. So the men sat down, 
in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves ; 
and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, 
and the disciples to them that were set down ; and likewise 
of the fishes as much as they would. And they did all eat, 
and were filled. When they were filled, he said unto his 
disciples: "Gather up the fragments that remain, that 
nothing be lost." Therefore they gathered them together, 
and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five 
barley loaves, which remained over. Then those men, 
when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said : 
"This is of a truth that prophet that should come into 
the world." 

When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and 
take him by force, to make him a king, he straightway con- 
strained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before 
him unto the other side, unto Bethsaida, while he sent the 
multitudes away. 



76 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

And when he had sent them away, he departed into a 
mountain to pray. And when even was now come, the sea 
arose by reason of a great wind that blew : and the ship was 
in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves ; for the wind 
was contrary. And he saw them toiling in rowing : and 
about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, 
walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. 
And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they 
were troubled, saying, "It is a spirit"; and they cried out 
for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying : 
" Be of good cheer ; it is I ; be not afraid." And Peter 
answered him and said : " Lord, if it be thou, bid me come 
unto thee on the water." And he said : " Come." And 
when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on 
the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind 
boisterous, he was afraid ; and beginning to sink, he cried, 
saying : " Lord, save me ! " And immediately Jesus 
stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto 
him : " thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt ? " 
'And he went up unto them into the ship ; and the wind 
ceased : and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond 
measure, and wondered. For they considered not the 
miracle of the loaves : for their heart was hardened. 

And when they had passed over, they came into the land 
of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. And when the> 
were come out of the ship, straightway the men of that 
place knew him, and ran through that whole region round 
about, and began to carry about in beds those that were 
sick, where they heard he was. And whithersoever he 
entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the 
sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch 
if it were but the border of his garment : and as many as 
touched him were made whole. 

The day following, when the people which stood on the 
other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat 
there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, 
and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but 
that his disciples were gone away alone ; (howbeit there 
came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where 
they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks :) 
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his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, 
seeking for Jesus. And when they had found him on the 
other side of the sea, they said unto him : " Rabbi, when 
earnest thou hither ? " Jesus answered them and said : 
" Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because 
ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, 
and were filled. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, 
but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, 
which the Son of man shall give unto you : for him hath 
God the Father sealed." Then said they unto him : " What 
shall we do, that we might work the works of God ? " 
Jesus answered and said unto them : " This is the work of 
God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." They 
said therefore unto him : " What sign shewest thou then, 
that we may see, and believe thee ? what dost thou work ? 
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert ; as it is written, 
He gave them bread from heaven to eat." Then 
Jesus said unto them : " Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my 
Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the 
bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and 
giveth life unto the world." Then they said unto him : 
" Lord, evermore give us this bread." And Jesus said unto 
them : " I am the bread of life : he that cometh to me 
shall never hunger ; and he that believeth on me shall 
never thirst. But I said unto you, That ye also have seen 
me, and believe not. All that the Father giveth me shall 
come to me ; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise 
cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine 
own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is 
the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he 
hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up 
again at the last day. And this is the will of him that 
sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth 
on him, may have everlasting life : and I will raise him 
up at the last day." The Jews then murmured at him, 
because he said : " I am the bread which came down from 
heaven." And they said : " Is not this Jesus, the son of 
Joseph, whose father and mother we know ? how is it then 
that he saith, I came down from heaven?" Jesus therefore 
answered and said unto them : " Murmur not among your- 
selves. No man can come to me, except the Father which 



78 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

hath sent me draw him : and I will raise him up at the 
last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall 
be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath 

heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. Not 
that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of 
God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. I am 
that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the 
wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh 
down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not 
die. I am the living bread which came down from 
heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for 
ever : and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which 
I will give for the life of the world." 

The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: 
" How can this man give us his flesh to eat ? " Then Jesus 
said unto them : " Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except 
ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye 
have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh 
my blood, hath eternal life ; and I will raise him up at 
the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood 
is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh 
my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living 
Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father : so he that 
eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread 
which came down from heaven : not as your fathers did 
eat manna, and are dead : he that eateth of this bread 
shall live for ever." 

These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in 
Capernaum. Many therefore of his disciples, when they 
had heard this, said : " This is an hard saying ; who can 
hear it ? " When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples 
murmured at it, he said unto them : "Doth this offend you? 
What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where 
he was before ? It is the spirit that quickeneth ; the flesh 
profiteth nothing : the words that I speak unto you, they 
are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you 
that believe not." For Jesus knew from the beginning who 
they were that believed not, and who should betray him. 
And he said : " Therefore said I unto you, that no man can 
come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father." 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 79 

From that time many of his disciples went back, and 
walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve : 
11 Will ye also go away ? " Then Simon Peter answered 
him : " Lord, to whom shall we go ? thou hast the words of 
eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that 
Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus answered them : 
" Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of yon is a 
devil?" He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon : for 
he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. 



Chapter XIX.— SPIES FROM JERUSALEM. 

Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain 
of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. And when 
they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that 
is to say, with un wash en, hands, they found fault. For the 
Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands 
oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. And when 
they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. 
And many other things there be, which they have received 
to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, 
and of tables. Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him : 
"Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition 
of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands ? " He 
answered and said unto them : " Well hath Esaias prophesied 
of yon hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth 
m e with their lips, but their heart is far from me. How- 
beit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines 
the commandments of men. For laying aside the com- 
mandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the 
washing of pots and cups: and many other such like 
things ye do." And he said unto them : " Why do ye 
also transgress the commandment of God by your tradi- 
tion? For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and 

mother: and, He that cnrseth father or mother, let him 

die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his 

father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou 
mightest be profited by me ; and honour not his father or 



80 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

his mother, he shall be free. And ye suffer him no more 
to do ought for his father or his mother; making the 
word of God of none effect through your tradition which 
ye have delivered : and many such like things do ye." 

And when he had called all the people unto him, he said 
unto them : " Hearken unto me every one of you, and under- 
stand : there is nothing from without a man, that entering 
into him can defile him : but the things which come out 
of him, those are they that defile the man. If any man 
have ears to hear, let him hear." 

And when he was entered into the house from the people, 
his disciples asked him concerning the parable, and said 
unto him : " Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, 
after they heard this saying ? " But he answered and said : 
" Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, 
shall be rooted up. Let them alone : they be blind leaders 
of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall 
fall into the ditch." Then answered Peter and said unto 
him : " Declare unto us this parable." And he saith unto 
them: "Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye 
not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth 
into the man, it cannot defile him; because it entereth 
not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into 
the draught, purging all meats ? " And he said : " That 
which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For 
from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, 
adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, 
wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, 
pride, foolishness : all these evil things come from within, 
and defile the man. These are the things which defile a 
man : but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man." 

And from thence he arose, and went into the borders 
of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would 
have no man know it : but he could not be hid. For a 
certain woman of Canaan, whose young daughter had an 
unclean spirit, heard of him, and came out of the same 
coasts, and fell at his feet, and cried unto him, saying : 
" Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David ; my 
daughter is grievously vexed with a devil." But he answered 
her not a word. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician 
by nation. And his disciples came and besought him, 




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saying : " Send her away ; for she crieth after us." But he 
answered and said: "I am not sent but unto the lost 
sheep of the house of Israel." Then came she and wor- 
shipped him, saying: "Lord, help me." But Jesus said 
unto her: "Let the children first be filled: for it is not 
meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto 
the dogs." And she answered and said unto him : " Yes, 
Lord : yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's 
crumbs." And he said unto her : " woman, great is 
thy faith : be it unto thee even as thou wilt. For this 
saying go thy way ; the devil is gone out of thy daughter." 
And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. 
And when she was come to her house, she found the devil 
gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. 

And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, 
he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the 
coasts of Decapolis, and went up into a mountain, and sat 
down there. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, 
and had an impediment in his speech ; and they beseech 
him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside 
from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and 
he spit, and touched his tongue ; and looking up to heaven, 
he signed, and saith unto him, " Ephphatha," that is, Be 
opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the 
string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. 

And great multitudes came unto him, having with them 
those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many 
others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet ; and he healed 
them : insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they 
saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame 
to walk, and the blind to see : and they glorified the God 
of Israel. And he charged them that they should tell no 
man : but the more he charged them, so much the more a 
great deal they published it ; and were beyond measure 
astonished, saying : " He hath done all things well : he 
maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak." 

In those days the multitude being very great, and having 
nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith 
unto them : " I have compassion on the multitude, because 
they have now been with me three days, and have nothing 
to eat: and if I send them away fasting to their own 

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houses, they will faint by the way : for divers of them 
came from far." And his disciples answered him : " From 
whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the 
wilderness?" And he asked them: "How many loaves 
have ye ? " And they said : " Seven." And he commanded 
the people to sit down on the ground : and he took the 
seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his 
disciples to set before them ; and they did set them before 
the people. And they had a few small fishes : and he blessed, 
and commanded to set them also before them. So they did 
eat, and were filled : and they took up of the broken meat that 
was left seven baskets. And they that had eaten were about 
four thousand, beside women and children : and he sent them 
away, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala. 

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting 
desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. 
He answered and said unto them : " When it is evening, 
ye say, It will be fair weather : for the sky is red. And 
in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day : for the 
sky is red and lowring. ye hypocrites, ye can discern 
the face of the sky ; but can ye not discern the signs of 
the times ? " And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith : 
" Why doth this wicked and adulterous generation seek 
after a sign ? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be 
given unto this generation but the sign of the prophet 
Jonas." And he left them, and entering into the ship again 
departed to the other side. 

And when his disciples were come to the other side, they 
had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship 
with them more than one loaf. Then Jesus said unto them : 
? Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and 
of the Sadducees, and of the leaven of Herod." And they 
reasoned among themselves, saying : " It is because we have 
taken no bread." Which when Jesus perceived, he said 
unto them : " ye of little faith, why reason ye among 
yourselves, because ye have brought no bread ? Having 
eyes, see ye not ? and having ears, hear ye not ? and do ye 
not remember ? When I brake the five loaves among five 
thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye 
up?" They say unto him: "Twelve." "And when the 
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fragments took ye up ? " And they said : " Seven." And 
he said unto them : " How is it that ye do not understand 
that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should 
beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sad- 
ducees ? " Then understood they how that he bade them 
not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the 
Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 

And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind 
man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he 
took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the 
town ; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands 
upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked 
up, and said : " I see men as trees, walking." After that 
he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look 
up : and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. And 
he sent him away to his house, saying: "Neither go into 
the town, nor tell it to any in the town." 

"When Jesus came unto the coasts of Caesarea Philippia 
he asked his disciples, saying : " Whom say the people that 
I am ? " And they answered : " John the Baptist : but some 
say, Elias ; and others, One of the prophets." And he saith 
unto them : " But whom say ye that I am ? " And Simon 
Peter answereth and saith unto him : " Thou art the Christ, 
the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered, and said 
unto him : " Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and 
blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which 
is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, 
and upon this rock I will build my church ; and the gates of 
hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee 
the keys of the kingdom of heaven : and whatsoever thou 
shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven : and whatso- 
ever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." 

Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no 
man that he was Jesus the Christ. 



Chapter XX.— JESUS PREDICTS HIS PASSION. 

From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his dis- 
ciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many 
things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be 



84 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

killed, and be raised again the third day. And he spake 
that saying openly. Then Peter took him, and began to 
rebuke him, saying : " Be it far from thee, Lord : this shall 
not be unto thee." But he turned and said unto Peter : 
" Get thee behind me, Satan : thou art an offence unto me : 
for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those 
that be of men." And when he had called the people unto 
him with his disciples also, he said unto them : " Whosoever 
will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his 
cross daily and follow me. For whosoever will save his 
life shall lose it ; but whosoever shall lose his life for my 
sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what 
shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and 
lose himself, or be cast away and lose his own soul ? Or 
what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? Whoso- 
ever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in 
this adulterous and sinful generation ; of him also shall 
the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in his own 
and in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. For 
the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with 
his angels ; and then he shall reward every man according 
to his works. Verily I say unto you, There be some stand- 
ing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the 
kingdom of God come with power, and the Son of man 
coming in his kingdom." 

And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and 
James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain 
apart by themselves, and went to pray. And as he prayed 
the fashion of his countenance was altered, and he was 
transfigured before them. And his raiment became shining, 
exceeding white as snow ; so as no fuller on earth can white 
them. And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses : 
and they were talking with Jesus, who appeared in glory, 
and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at 
Jerusalem. But Peter and they that were with him were 
heavy with sleep : and when they were awake, they saw his 
glory, and the two men that stood with him. And Peter 
answered and said to Jesus : " Master, it is good for us to 
be here : and let us make three tabernacles ; one for thee, 
and one for Moses, and one for Elias." For he wist not 
what to say ; for they were sore afraid. While he yet spake, 
behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them : and behold a 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 85 

voice out of the cloud, which said : " This is my beloved 
Son, in whom I am well pleased ; hear ye him." And when 
the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore 
afraid. And Jesus came and touched them, and said : 
" Arise, and be not afraid." And when they had lifted up 
their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only, with themselves. 
And as they came down from the mountain, he charged 
them that they should tell no man what things they had 
seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. And 
they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with 
another what the rising from the dead should mean. And 
they asked him, saying : " Why say the scribes that Elias 
must first come ? " And he answered and told them : 
" Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things ; and 
how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer 
many things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, 
That Elias is indeed come already, and they knew him 
not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed, a3 
it is written of him. Likewise shall also the Son of man 
suffer of them." Then the disciples understood that he 
spake unto them of John the Baptist. And they kept it 
close, and told no man in those days any of those things 
which they had seen. 

And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they 
were come down from the hill, much people met him. And 
when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude 
about them, and the scribes questioning with them. And 
straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were 
greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. And he 
asked the scribes : " What question ye with them ? " And, 
behold, a man of the company kneeling down to him, cried 
out, saying : " Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son : 
for he is mine only child, and is lunatic, and sore vexed. 
And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and wheresoever he taketh 
him, he teareth him : and he suddenly crieth out, foameth, 
and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away : and I spake 
to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they 
could not." And Jesus answereth him, and saith : " 
faithless generation, how long shall I be with you ? how 
long shall I suffer you ? bring thy son hither." And they 
brought him unto him : and when he saw him, straightway 
the spirit tare him ; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed 



86 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

foaming. And he asked his father : " How long is it ago 
since this came unto him ? " And he said : " Of a child. 
And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the 
waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, 
have compassion on us, and help us." Jesus said unto 
him : " If thou canst believe, all things are possible to 
him that believeth." And straightway the father of the 
child cried out, and said with tears : " Lord, I believe ; help 
thou mine unbelief." When Jesus saw that the people 
came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying 
unto him: "Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, 
come out of him, and enter no more into him." And the 
spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him : and he 
was as one dead ; insomuch that many said : " He is dead." 
But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up ; and 
he arose. And when he was come into the house, his 
disciples asked him privately, " Why could not we cast him 
out ? " And Jesus said unto them : " Because of your 
unbelief: for verily I say unto, If ye have faith as a 
grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, 
Remove hence to yonder place ; and it shall remove ; and 
nothing shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind 
goeth not out but by prayer and fasting." 

And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. 

And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee ; 
and he would not that any man should know it. And while 
they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them : " The Son of 
man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill 
him ; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third 
day." And they were exceeding sorry. But they under- 
stood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. _ 



Chapter XXI.— DISCOURSES IN CAPERNAUM. 

And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received 
tribute money came to Peter, and said : " Doth not your 
master pay tribute ? " He saith : " Yes." And when he 
was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying : 
" What thinkest thou, Simon ? of whom do the kings of 
the earth take custom or tribute ? of their own children, 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 87 

or of strangers ? " Peter saith unto him : " Of strangers." 
Jesus saith unto him : " Then are the children free. Not- 
withstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the 
sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first 
cometh up ; and when thou hast first opened his mouth, 
thou shalt find a piece of money : that take, and give unto 
them for me and thee." 

Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them 
should be greatest. And Jesus, perceiving the thought of 
their heart, asked them : " What was it that ye disputed 
among yourselves by the way f " But they held their peace : 
and he sat down and called the twelve, and saith unto them : 
" If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last 
of all, and servant of all." 

And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them : 
and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them : 
"Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my 
name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, 
receiveth not me, but him that sent me. Verily I say unto 
you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, 
ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whoso- 
ever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, 
the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven." 

And John answered him, saying : " Master, we saw one 
casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us : and 
we forbad him, because he followeth not us." But Jesus 
said : " Forbid him not : for there is no man which shall 
do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of 
me. For he that is not against us is on our part/' 

Then said he unto the disciples : " It is impossible but that 
offences will come : but woe unto him, through whom they 
come ! For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to 
drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I 
say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. And whoso- 
ever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in 
me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about 
his neck, and he were cast into the sea. And if thy hand 
offend thee, cut it off : it is better for thee to enter into 
life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into 
the fire that never shall be quenched : where their worm 
dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thy foot 
offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt 



88 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the 
fire that never shall be quenched : where their worm dieth 
not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thine eye oiFend 
thee, pluck it out : it is better for thee to enter into the 
kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be 
cast into hell fire : where their worm dieth not, and the 
fire is not quenched. For every one shall be salted with 
fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. Salt is 
good : but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will 
ye season it ? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace 
one with another. Take heed that ye despise not one of 
tLese little ones ; for I say unto you, That in heaven their 
angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in 
heaven. For the Son of man is come to save that Which 
was lost. 

How think ye ? if a man have an hundred sheep, and 
one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety 
and nine, and goeth into the mountains and seeketh that 
which is gone astray? And if so be that he find it, 
verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than 
of the ninety and nine which went not astray. Even so 
it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that 
one of these little ones should perish. 

Take heed to yourselves : If thy brother trespass against 
thee, rebuke him ; go and tell him his fault between thee 
and him alone ; and if he repent, forgive him. If he shall 
hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. And if he tres- 
pass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in 
a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt 
forgive him. But if he will not hear thee, then take with 
thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three 
witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall 
neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he 
neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an 
heathen man and a publican. Verily I say unto you, 
Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in 
heaven : and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be 
loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you, That if two of 
you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they 
shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which 
is heaven. For where two or three are gathered together 
in my name, there am I in the midst of them." 



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Then came Peter to him, and said : " Lord, how oft shall 
my brother sin against me, and I forgive him ? till seven 
times ? " Jesus saith unto him : " I say not unto thee, 
Until seven times : but, Until seventy times seven. 

Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a 
certain king, which would take account of his servants. 
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto 
him, which owed him ten thousand talents. But foras- 
much as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be 
sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and 
payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down, 
and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, 
and I will pay thee all. Then the lord of that servant 
was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave 
him the debt. But the same servant went out, and found 
one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred 
pence : and he laid hands on him, and took him by the 
throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his 
fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, 
saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 
And he would not : but went and cast him into prison, till 
he should pay the debt. So when his fellowservants saw 
what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told 
unto their lord all that was done. Then his lord, after 
that he had called him, said unto him, thou wicked 
servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou de- 
siredst me : shouldest not thou also have had compassion 
on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee ? And 
his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, 
till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise 
shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from 
your hearts forgive not every one his brother their 
trespasses." 



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Chapter XXII.— AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. 

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee : for he would 
not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. 
Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. His 
brethren therefore said unto him: "Depart hence, and go into 
Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou 
doest. For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, 
and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do 
these things, shew thyself to the world." For neither did 
his brethren believe in him. Then Jesus said unto them : 
" My time is not yet come : but your time is alway ready. 
The world cannot hate you ; but me it hateth, because I 
testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. Go ye up 
unto this feast : I go not up yet unto this feast ; for my 
time is not yet full come." When he had said these words 
unto them, he abode still in Galilee. But when his brethren 
were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not 
openly, but as it were in secret. 

And it came to pass, when the time was come that he 
should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to 
Jerusalem, and sent messengers before his face : and they 
went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make 
ready for him. And they did not receive him, because his 
face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. And when his 
disciples James and John saw this, they said : " Lord, wilt 
thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and 
consume them, even as Elias did ? " But he turned, and 
rebuked them, and said : " Ye know not what manner of 
spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy 
men's lives, but to save them." And they went to another 
village. 

And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a 
certain man said unto him : " Lord, I will follow thee 
whithersoever thou goest." And Jesus said unto him : 
" Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests ; but 
the Son of man hath not where to lay his head." And 
another of his disciples said unto him : " Lord, suffer me 
first to go and bury my father." But Jesus said unto him : 
" Follow me ; and let the dead bury their dead : but go 
thou and preach the kingdom of God." And another also 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 91 

said : " Lord, I will follow thee ; but let me first go bid 
them farewell, which are at home at my house." And 
Jesus said unto him : " No man, having put his hand 
to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom 
of God." 

Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said : "Where 
is he ? " And there was much murmuring among the 
people concerning him : for some said, " He is a good 
man " : others said, " Nay ; but he deceiveth the people." 
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. 

Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into 
the temple, and taught. And the Jews marvelled, saying : 
" How knoweth this man letters, having never learned ? " 

Jesus answered them, and said : " My doctrine is not mine, 
but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall 
know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether 
I speak of myself. He that speaketh of himself seeketh 
his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent 
him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. 
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you 
keepeth the law ? Why go ye about to kill me ? " The 
people answered and said : " Thou hast a devil : who goeth 
about to kill thee ? " Jesus answered and said unto them : 
" I have done one work, and ye all marvel. Moses there- 
fore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of 
Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day 
circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath day receive 
circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken ; 
are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every 
whit whole on the sabbath day? Judge not according 
to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment." 

Then said some of them of Jerusalem : " Is not this he, 
whom they seek to kill ? But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and 
they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that 
this is the very Christ ? Howbeit we know this man whence 
he is : but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence 
he is." 

Then cried Jesus in the temple, as he taught, saying : 
"Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and 
I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, 
whom ye know not. But I know him : for I am from 
him, and he hath sent me." Then they sought to take 



92 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

him : but no man laid hands on him, because his hour 
was not yet come. And many of the people believed on 
him, and said : " When Christ cometh, will he do more 
miracles than these which this man hath done ? " 

The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such 
things concerning him ; and the Pharisees and the chief 
priests sent officers to take him. Then said Jesus unto 
them : " Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go 
unto him that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not 
find me : and where I am, thither ye cannot come." Then 
said the Jews among themselves : " Whither will he go, 
that we shall not find him ? will he go unto the dispersed 
among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles ? What manner 
of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall 
not find me : and where I am, thither ye cannot come ? " 

In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood 
and cried, saying : " If any man thirst, let him come unto 
me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture 
hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living 
water." (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that 
believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was 
not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, 
said : "Of a truth this is the Prophet." Others said : 
" This is the Christ." But some said : "Shall Christ come 
out of Galilee ? Hath not the scripture said, that Christ 
cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of 
Bethlehem, where David was ? " So there was a division 
among the people because of him. And some of them 
would have taken him ; but no man laid hands on him. 

Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees ; 
and they said unto them : " Why have ye not brought 
him?" The officers answered: "Never man spake like 
this man." Then answered them the Pharisees : " Are ye 
also deceived ? Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees 
believed on him? But this people who knoweth not the 
law are cursed." Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that 
came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) " Doth our 
law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he 
doeth?" They answered and said unto him : "Art thou 
also of Galilee ? Search, and look : for out of Galilee ariseth 
no prophet." And every man went unto his own house. 



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Chapter XXIII.— DISCOURSES IN THE TEMPLE. 

Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. And early in the 
morning he came again into the temple, and all the people 
came unto him ; and he sat down and taught them. And 
the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken 
in adultery ; and when they had set her in the midst, they 
say unto him : " Master, this woman was taken in adultery, 
in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, 
that such should be stoned ; but what say est thou ? " This 
they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. 
But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the 
ground, as though he heard them not. So when they con- 
tinued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them : 
M He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a 
stone at her." And again he stooped down, and wrote on 
the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by 
their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the 
eldest, even unto the last : and Jesus was left alone, and the 
woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up 
himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her : 
" Woman, where are those thine accusers ? hath no man 
condemned thee ? " She said : " No man, Lord." And 
Jesus said unto her : " Neither do I condemn thee : go, and 
sin no more." 

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying : " I am the 
light of the world : he that followeth me shall not walk 
in darkness, but shall have the light of life." The 
Pharisees therefore said unto him : " Thou barest record 
of thyself; thy record is not true." Jesus answered and 
said unto them : " Though I bear record of myself, yet my 
record is true : for I know whence I came, and whither I 
go ; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. 
Ye judge after the flesh ; I judge no man. And yet if I 
judge, my judgment is true : for I am not alone, but I and 
the Father that sent me. It is also written in your law, 
that the testimony of two men is true. I am one that bear 
witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth 
witness of me." Then said they unto him -."Where is thy 
Father ? " Jesus answered : " Ye neither know me, nor 
my Father : if ye had known me, ye should have known 



94 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

my Father also." These words spake Jesus in the treasury, 
as he taught in the temple : and no man laid hands on him ; 
for his hour was not yet come. Then said Jesus again unto 
them : " I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall 
die in your sins : whither I go, ye cannot come." Then 
said the Jews: "Will he kill himself? because he saith, 
Whither I go, ye cannot come." And he said unto them : 
" Ye are from beneath ; I am from above : ye are of this 
world ; I am not of this world. I said therefore unto you* 
that ye shall die in your sins : for if ye believe not that I 
am he, ye shall die in your sins." Then said they unto 
him : " Who art thou ? " And Jesus saith unto them : 
" Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. 
I have many things to say and to judge of you : but he 
that sent me is true ; and I speak to the world those 
things which I have heard of him." They understood not 
that he spake to them of the Father. Then said Jesus unto 
them : " When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall 
ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; 
but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. 
And he that sent me is with me : the Father hath not left 
me alone ; for I do always those things that please him." 
As he spake these words many believed on him. Then 
said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him : " If ye 
continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed ; 
and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make 
you free." They answered him : "We be Abraham's seed, 
and were never in bondage to any man : how sayest thou, 
Ye shall be made free ? " Jesus answered them : " Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the 
servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house 
for ever : but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore 
shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. I know that 
ye are Abraham's seed ; but ye seek to kill me, because 
my word hath no place in you. I speak that which I 
have seen with my Father : and ye do that which ye have 
seen with your father." They answered and said unto 
him : " Abraham is our father." Jesus saith unto them : 
" If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works 
of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that told 
you the truth, which I have heard of God : this did not 
Abraham. Ye do the deeds of your father." Then said 




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they to him : " We be not born of fornication ; we have 
one Father, even God." Jesus said unto them : " If God 
were your Father, ye would love me : for I proceeded forth 
and came from God ; neither came I of myself, but he sent 
me. Why do ye not understand my speech ? even because 
ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, 
and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer 
from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because 
there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he 
speaketh of his own : for he is a liar and the father of it. 
And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 
Which of you convinceth me of sin ? And if I say the 
truth, why do ye not believe me ? He that is of God 
heareth God's words : ye therefore hear them not, because 
ye are not of God." Then answered the Jews and said unto 
him : " Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast 
a devil ? " Jesus answered : " I have not a devil ; but I 
honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. And I seek 
not mine own glory : there is one that seeketh and judgeth. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, 
he shall never see death." Then said the Jews unto him : 
" Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, 
and the prophets ; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, 
he shall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our 
father Abraham, which is dead ? and the prophets are dead : 
whom makest thou thyself?" Jesus answered: "If I 
honour myself, my honour is nothing : it is my Father that 
honoureth me ; of whom ye say, that he is your God : yet 
ye have not known him ; but I know him : and if I should 
say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you : but I 
know him, and keep his saying. Your father Abraham 
rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad." 
Then said the Jews unto him : " Thou art not yet fifty years 
old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? " Jesus said unto them : 
" Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I 
am." Then took they up stones to cast at him : but Jesus 
hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the 
midst of them, and so passed by. 

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind 
from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying : 
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was born blind ? " Jesus answered : " Neither hath this 
man sinned, nor his parents : but that the works of God 
should be made manifest in him. I must work the works 
of him that sent me, while it is day : the night cometh, 
when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, 
I am the light of the world." When he had thus spoken, 
he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he 
anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, and said 
unto him : " Go, wash in the pool of Siloam," (which is 
by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and 
washed, and came seeing. 

The neighbours therefore, and they which before had 
seen him that he was blind, said : " Is not this he that sat 
and begged ? " Some said, " This is he " : others said, " He 
is like him " : but he said, " I am he." Therefore said they 
unto him : " How were thine eyes opened ? " He answered 
and said : " A man that is called Jesus made clay, and 
anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of 
Siloam, and wash : and I went and washed, and I received 
sight." Then said they unto him : " Where is he ? " He 
said : " I know not." They brought to the Pharisees him 
that aforetime was blind. And it was the sabbath day 
when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. Then 
again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received 
his sight. He said unto them : " He put clay upon mine 
eyes, and I washed, and do see." Therefore said some of 
the Pharisees : " This man is not of God, because he 
keepeth not the sabbath day." Others said : " How can 
a man that is a sinner do such miracles?" And there was 
a division among them. They say unto the blind man 
again : " What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened 
thine eyes ? " He said : " He is a prophet." But the 
Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been 
blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents 
of him that had received his sight. And they asked them, 
saying : " Is this your son, who ye say was born blind ? 
how then doth he now see ? " His parents answered them 
and said : " We know that this is our son, and that he was 
born blind : but by what means he now seeth, we know 
not ; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not : he is of 
age ; ask him : he shall speak for himself." These words 
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Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that 
he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. 
Therefore said his parents : " He is of age ; ask him." 
Then again called they the man that was blind, and said 
unto him : " Give God the praise : we know that this man 
is a sinner." He answered and said : " Whether he be a 
sinner or no, I know not : one thing I know, that, whereas 
I was blind, now I see." Then said they to him again : 
" What did he to thee ? how opened he thine eyes ? " He 
answered them : " I have told you already, and ye did not 
hear : wherefore would ye hear it again ? will ye also be 
his disciples ? " Then they reviled him, and said : " Thou 
art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. W T e know 
that God spake unto Moses : as for this fellow, we know 
not from whence he is." The man answered and said unto 
them : " Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know 
not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes. 
Now we know that God heareth not sinners : but if any 
man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he 
heareth. Since the world began was it not heard that any 
man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. If this 
man were not of God, he could do nothing." They 
answered and said unto him : " Thou wast altogether born 
in sins, and dost thou teach us ? " And they cast him out. 
Jesus heard that they had cast him out ; and when he had 
found him, he said unto him : " Dost thou believe on the 
Son of God?" He answered and said : " Who is he, Lord, 
that I might believe on him ? " And Jesus said unto him : 
"Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh 
with thee." And he said : " Lord, I believe." And he 
worshipped him. And Jesus said : " For judgment I am 
come into this world, that they which see not might see ; 
and that they which see might be made blind." And 
some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these 
words, and said unto him : " Are we blind also ? " Jesus 
said unto them : " If ye were blind, ye should have no sin : 
but now ye say, We see ; therefore your sin remaineth." 

« : Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not 
by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some 
other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that 
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him the porter openeth ; and the sheep hear his voice : 
and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them 
out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth 
before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know 
his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will 
flee from him : for they know not the voice of strangers." 

This parable spake Jesus unto them : but they understood 
not what things they were which he spake unto them. 

Then said Jesus unto them again : " Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came 
before me are thieves and robbers : but the sheep did not 
hear them. I am the door : by me if any man enter in, 
he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find 
pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to 
kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have 
life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I 
am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his 
life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not 
the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the 
wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth : and the 
wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The 
hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not 
for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my 
sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth 
me, even so know I the Father : and I lay down my life 
for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of 
this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear 
my voice ; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down 
my life, that I might take it again. If o man taketh it 
from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to 
lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This com- 
mandment have I received of my Father." 

There was a division therefore again among the Jews for 
these sayings. And many of them said : " He hath a devil, 
and is mad; why hear ye him?" Others said: "These 
are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil 
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Chapter XXIV.— THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY. 

After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, 
and sent them two and two before his face into every city 
and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore 
said he unto them : " The harvest truly is great, but the 
labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the 
harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his 
harvest. Go your ways : behold, I send you forth as lambs 
among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes : 
and salute no man by the way. And into whatsoever house 
ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. And if the son 
of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it : if not, 
it shall turn to you again. And in the same house remain 
eating and drinking such things as they give: for the 
labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to 
house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they 
receive you, eat such things as are set before you. And 
heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The 
kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. But into what- 
soever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your 
ways out into the streets of the same, and say, Even the 
very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe 
off against you : notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that 
the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. But I say 
unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for 
Sodom, than for that city. Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe 
unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works had been 
done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, 
they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth 
and ashes. But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and 
Sidon at the judgment, than for you. And thou, Caper- 
naum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down 
to hell. He that heareth you heareth me ; and he that 
despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me 
despiseth him that sent me." 

And the seventy returned again with joy, saying : " Lord, 
even the devils are subject unto us through thy name." 
And he said unto them : " I beheld Satan as lightning fall 
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serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the 
enemy : and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Not- 
withstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are 
subject unto you ; but rather rejoice, because your names 
are written in heaven." 

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said : "I thank 
thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast 
hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast 
revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it 
seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered to 
me of my Father : and no man knoweth who the Son is, 
but the Father ; and who the Father is, but the Son, and 
he to whom the Son will reveal him." 

And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately : 
" Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see : 
for I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired 
to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; 
and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard 
them." 

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, 
saying : " Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life ? " He 
said unto him : " What is written in the law ? how readest 
thou ? " And he answering said : " Thou shalt love the 
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy 
soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy 

MIND ; AND THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF." And he Said 

unto him : " Thou hast answered right : this do, and thou 
shalt live." But he, willing to justify himself, said unto 
Jesus : "And who is my neighbour ?" And Jesus answer- 
ing said : " A certain man went down from Jerusalem to 
Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his 
raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half 
dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that 
way : and when he saw him, he passed by on the other 
side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, 
came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. 
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he 
was : and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 
and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil 
and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him 
to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow 
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to the host, and said unto Mm, Take care of him ; and 
whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I 
will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, 
was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves ? " 
And he said : " He that shewed mercy on him." Then 
said Jesus unto him : " Go, and do thou likewise." 

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into 
a certain village : and a certain woman named Martha 
received him into her house. And she had a sister called 
Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. 
But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came 
to him, and said : " Lord, dost thou not care that my sister 
hath left me to serve alone ? bid her therefore that she help 
me. And Jesus answered and said unto her : " Martha, 
Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things : 
but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that 
good part, which shall not be taken away from her." 

And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain 
place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him : 
"Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. " 
And he said unto them : " When ye pray, say, Our Father 
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy king- 
dom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. 
Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our 
sins ; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. 
And lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us from evil." 

And he said unto them : " Which of you shall have a 
friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto 
him, Friend, lend me three loaves ; for a friend of mine 
in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set 
before him ? And he from within shall answer and say, 
Trouble me not : the door is now shut, and my children are 
with me in bed ; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto 
you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is 
his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and 
give him as many as he needeth. And I say unto you, Ask, 
and it shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, 
and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that 
asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to 
him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son shall ask 
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stone ? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him 
a serpent? or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a 
scorpion ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good 
gifts unto your children: how much more shall your 
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask 
him?" 



Chapter XXV.— HE REBUKES THE PHARISEES AND 

TEACHES THE PEOPLE. 

And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to 
dine with him : and he went in, and sat down to meat. 
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had 
not first washed before dinner. And the Lord said unto 
him : w Bow do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of 
the cup and the platter ; but your inward part is full of 
ravening and wickedness. Ye fools, did not he that made 
that which is without make that which is within also ? 
But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, 
behold, all things are clean unto you. But woe unto you, 
Pharisees ? for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of 
herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God : these 
ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 
Woe unto you, Pharisees ! for ye love the uppermost seats 
in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. Woe 
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye are as 
graves which appear not, and the men that walk over 
them are not aware of them." 

Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him : 
" Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also." 

And he said : " Woe unto you also, ye lawyers ! for 
ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye 
yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 
Woe unto you ! for ye build the sepulchres of the pro- 
phets, and your fathers killed them. Truly ye bear witness 
that ye allow the deeds of your fathers : for they indeed 
killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. Therefore 
also said the wisdom of God, I will send them pro- 
phets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and 
persecute: that the blood of all the prophets, which 
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required of this generation ; from the blood of Abel unto 
the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar 
and the temple : verily I say unto you, It shall be required 
of this generation. Woe unto you, lawyers ! for ye have 
taken away the key of knowledge : ye entered not in 
yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered." 
And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and 
the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to pro- 
voke him to speak of many things : laying wait for him, 
and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they 
might accuse him. 

In the mean time, when there were gathered together 
an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they 
trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples 
first of all : " Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, 
which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered, that 
shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be 
known. Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in dark- 
ness shall be heard in the light ; and that which ye have 
spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the 
housetops. And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid 
of them that kill the body, and after that have no more 
that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall 
fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power 
to cast into hell ; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Are 
not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of 
them is forgotten before God ? But even the very hairs 
of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore : ye 
are of more value than many sparrows. Also I say unto 
you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall 
the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: 
but he that denieth me before men shall be denied before 
the angels of God. And whosoever shall speak a word 
against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him : but 
unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost, it 
shall not be forgiven. And when they bring you unto 
the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take 
ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or 
what ye shall say : for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in 
the same hour what ye ought to say." 

And one of the company said unto him : " Master, 
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me." And he said unto him : " Man, who made me a 
judge or a divider over you? " And he said unto them : 
" Take heed, and beware of covetousness : for a man's 
life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which 
he possesseth." 

And he spake a parable unto them, saying : " The ground 
of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully : and he 
thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because 
I have no room where to bestow my fruits ? And he said, 
This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build 
greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my 
goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much 
goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, 
and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this 
night thy soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall 
those things be, which thou hast provided ? So is he that 
layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward 
God." 

And he said unto his disciples : " Therefore I say unto 
you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; 
neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is 
more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. Con- 
sider the ravens : for they neither sow nor reap ; which 
neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: 
how much more are ye better than the fowls ? And which of 
you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit ? 
If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why 
take ye thought for the rest? Consider the lilies how 
they grow : they toil not, they spin not ; and yet I say 
unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed 
like one these. If then God so clothe the grass, which is 
to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven ; 
how much more will he clothe you, ye of little faith ? 
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, 
neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the 
nations of the world seek after : and your Father knoweth 
that ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye the 
kingdom of God ; and all these things shall be added unto 
you. Fear not, little flock ; for it is your Father's good 
pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and 
give alms ; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a 
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approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your 
treasure is, there will your heart be also. Let your loins 
be girded about, and your lights burning ; and ye your- 
selves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he 
will return from the wedding ; that when he cometh and 
knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed 
are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall 
find watching : verily I say unto you, that he shall gird 
himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will 
come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the 
second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them 
so, blessed are those servants. And this know, that if the 
goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would 
come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his 
house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also : 
for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not." 

Then Peter said unto him : " Lord, speakest thou this 
parable unto us, or even to all ? " And the Lord said : " Who 
then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall 
make ruler over his household, to give them their portion 
of meat in due season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his 
lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say 
unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he 
hath. But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord 
delayeth his coming ; and shall begin to beat the men- 
servants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be 
drunken ; the lord of that servant will come in a day 
when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is 
not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint 
him his portion with the unbelievers. And there shall be 
weeping and gnashing of teeth. And that servant, which 
knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did 
according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But 
he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, 
shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever 
much is given, of him shall be much required: and to 
whom men have committed much, of him they will ask 
the more. 

I am come to send fire on the earth ; and what will I, 
if it be already kindled? But I have a baptism to be 
baptized with ; and how am I straitened till it be accom- 
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earth? I tell you, Kay; but rather division: for from 
henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three 
against two, and two against three. The father shall be 
divided against the son, and the son against the father ; 
the mother against the daughter, and the daughter 
against the mother; the mother in law against her 
daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her 
mother in law." 

And he said also to the people : " When ye see a cloud 
rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a 
shower ; and so it is. And when ye see the south wind 
blow, ye say, There will be heat ; and it cometh to pass. 
Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of 
the earth ; but how is it that ye do not discern this time ? 
Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is 
right? When thou goest with thine adversary to the 
magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that 
thou mayest be delivered from him ; lest he hale thee to 
the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and 
the officer cast thee into prison. I tell thee, thou shalt 
not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite." 

There were present at that season some that told him of 
the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their 
sacrifices. And Jesus answering said unto them : " Suppose 
ye that these Galilseans were sinners above all the 
Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? I tell 
you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise 
perish. Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in 
Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were 
sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell 
you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise 
perish." 

He spake also this parable : " A certain man had a fig 
tree planted in his vineyard ; and he came and sought 
fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the 
dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come 
seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none : cut it down ; 
why cumbereth it the ground. And he answering said 
unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall 
dig about it, and dung it : and if it bear fruit, well ; and 
if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down." 



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And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the 
sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman which had a 
spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, 
and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw 
her, he called her to him, and said unto her : " Woman, 
thou art loosed from thine infirmity." And he laid his 
hands on her : and immediately she was made straight, 
and glorified God. And the ruler of the synagogue 
answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed 
on the sabbath day, and said unto the people : " There 
are six days in which men ought to work : in them therefore 
come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day." The 
Lord then answered him, and said : " Thou hypocrite, 
doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or 
his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering ? 
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, 
whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be 
loosed from this bond on the sabbath day ? " And when 
he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed : 
and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that 
were done by him. 



Chapter XXV*— DRIVEN FROM JERUSALEM BEYOND 

JORDAN. 

And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and 
it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's 
porch. Then came the Jews round about him, and said 
unto him : " How long dost thou make us to doubt ? If 
thou be the Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them : 
" I told you, and ye believed not : the works that I do 
in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. But 
ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said 
unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, 
and they follow me : and I give unto them eternal life ; 
and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck 
them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, 
is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them 
out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one." 
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus 
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you from my Father; for which of those works do ye 
stone me?" The Jews answered him, saying: "For a 
good work we stone thee not ; but for blasphemy ; and 
because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God." 
Jesus answered them : " Is it not written in your law, 
I said, Ye are gods ? If he called them gods, unto whom 

the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken ; 
say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and 
sent into the world, Thou blasphemest ; because I said, 
I am the Son of God? If I do not the works of my 
Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe 
not me, believe the works : that ye may know, and believe, 
that the Father is in me, and I in him." Therefore they 
sought again to take him : but he escaped out of their 
hand, and went away again beyond Jordan into the 
place where John at first baptized ; and there he abode. 
And many resorted unto him, and said : " John did no 
miracle : but all things that John spake of this man were 
true." And many believed on him there. 

Then said one unto him : " Lord, are there few that be 
saved ? " And he said unto them : " Strive to enter in at 
the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to 
enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master 
of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and 
ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, 
saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and he shall answer 
and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are : then 
shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy 
presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he 
shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; 
depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall 
be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see 
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in 
the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. And 
they shall come from the east, and from the west, and 
from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down 
in the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which 
shall be first, and there are first which shall be last." 

The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, 
saying unto him : " Get thee out, and depart hence : for 
Herod will kill thee." And he said unto them: "Go ye, 
and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures 



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to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be per- 
fected. Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, 
and the day following' : for it cannot be that a prophet 
perish out of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which 
killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto 
thee; how often would I have gathered thy children 
together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, 
and ye would not ! Behold, your house is left unto you 
desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see 
me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he 
that cometh in the name of the Lord. 



Chapter XXVII.— HIS MOST MEMORABLE PARABLES. 

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one 
of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, 
that they watched him. And, behold, there was a certain 
man before him which had the dropsy. And Jesus 
answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying : 
"Is it lawful to heal on the sabhath day." And they 
held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and 
let him go ; and answered them, saying : " Which of you 
shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not 
straightway pull him out on the sabhath day ? " And 
they could not answer him again to these things. 

And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, 
w T hen he marked how they chose out the chief rooms ; 
saying unto them : " When thou art bidden of any man 
to a wedding 1 , sit not down in the highest room ; lest a 
more honourable man than thou be bidden of him ; and 
he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give 
this man place ; and thou begin with shame to take the 
lowest room. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down 
in the lowest room ; that when he that bade thee cometh, 
he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher : then shalt 
thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at 
meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself shall 
be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted." 

Then said he also to him that bade him : " When thou 
makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy 



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brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours ; 
lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made 
thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the 
maimed, the lame, the blind : and thou shalt be blessed ; 
for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be 
recompensed at the resurrection of the just." 

And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard 
these things, he said unto him : " Blessed is he that shall 
eat bread in the kingdom of God." Then said he unto | 
him: "A certain man made a great supper, and bade 
many : and sent his servant at supper time to say to them 
that were bidden, Come ; for all things are now ready. 
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The 
first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and 
I must needs go and see it : I pray thee have me excused. 
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and 
I go to prove them : I pray thee have me excused. And 
another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot 
come. So that servant came, and shewed his lord these 
things. Then the master of the house being angry said 
to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes 
of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, 
and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, 
it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. 
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the high- 
ways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my 
house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of 
those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper." 

And there went great multitudes with him : and he 
turned, and said unto them : " If any man come to me, 
and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and 
children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own 
life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth 
not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my 
disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, 
sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he 
have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath 
laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that 
behold it begin to mock him, saying, This man began to 
build, and was not able to finish. Or what king, going 
to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, 
and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to 



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meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand ? 
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth 
an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. So like- 
wise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that 
he hath, he cannot be my disciple. Salt is good: but 
if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be 
seasoned ? It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the 
dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to 
hear, let him hear." 

Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners 
for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, 
saying : " This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with 
them/ 

And he spake this parable unto them, saying : "What 
man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of 
them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, 
and go after that which is lost, until he find it ? And 
when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, re- 
joicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together 
his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with 
me ; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say 
unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one 
sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just 
persons, which need no repentance. Either what woman 
having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth 
not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek dili- 
gently till she find it? And when she hath found it, 
she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, say- 
ing, Rejoice with me ; for I have found the piece which 
I had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in 
the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that 
repenteth." 

And he said : " A certain man had two sons : and the 
younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the 
portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto 
them his living. And not many days after the younger 
son gathered all together, and took his journey into a 
far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous 
living. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty 
famine in that land ; and he began to be in want. And 
he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country ; 



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and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he 
would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the 
swine did eat : and no man gave unto him. And when he 
came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my 
father's haw bread enough and to spare, and I perish with 
hunger ! I will arise and go to my father, and will say 
unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and 
before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son : 
make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arese, and 
came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, 
his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell 
on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, 
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, 
and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father 
said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it 
on him ; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet : 
and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it ; and let us 
eat, and be merry : for this my son was dead, and is alive 
again ; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be 
merry. Now his elder son was in the field : and as he 
came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and 
dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked 
what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy 
brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted 
calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. And 
he was angry, and would not go in : therefore came his 
father out, and intreated him. And he answering said to 
his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither 
transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet 
thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with 
my friends : but as soon as this thy son was come, which 
hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for 
him the fatted calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art 
ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet 
that we should make merry, and be glad : for this thy 
brother was dead, and is alive again ; and was lost, and is 
found." 

And he said also unto his disciples : " There was a certain 
rich man, which had a steward ; and the same was accused 
unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called 
him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee ? 
give an account of thy stewardship ; for thou mayest be 



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no longer steward. Then the steward said within himself, 
What shall I do ? for my lord taketh away from me the 
stewardship : I cannot dig ; to beg I am ashamed. I am 
resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the 
stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. So 
he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and 
said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord ? 
And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said 
unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write 
fifty. Then said he to another, And how much owest 
thou ? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And 
he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. And 
the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had 
done wisely : for the children of this world are in their 
generation wiser than the children of light. And I say 
unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of 
unrighteousness ; that, when ye fail, they may receive you 
into everlasting habitations. He that is faithful in that 
which is least is faithful also in much : and he that is 
unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye 
have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who 
will commit to your trust the true riches ? And if ye 
have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who 
shall give you that which is your own ? No servant can 
serve two masters : for either he will hate the one, and 
love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and 
despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." 

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all 
these things : and they derided him. And he said unto 
them : " Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; 
but God knoweth your hearts : for that which is highly 
esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. 
The law and the prophets were until John: since that 
time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man 
presseth into it. And it is easier for heaven and earth to 
pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. Whosoever putteth 
away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery : 
and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her 
husband committeth adultery. 

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in 
purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day : 
and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which 

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was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed 
with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: 
moreover the dog3 came and licked his sores. And it 
came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by 
the angels into Abraham's bosom : the rich man also died, 
and was buried ; and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in 
torments, and seeth AbrahanT afar off, and Lazarus in his 
bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have 
mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip 
of his finger in water, and cool my tongue ; for I am 
tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, re- 
member that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good 
things, and likewise Lazarus evil things : but now he is 
comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, 
between us and you there is a great gulf fixed : so that 
they which would pass from hence to you cannot ; neither 
can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then 
he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest 
send him to my father's house : for I have five brethren ; 
that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into 
this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They 
have Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them. And 
he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto 
them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto 
him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither 
will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead." 

And the apostles said unto the Lord : " Increase our 
faith." And the Lord said : " If ye had faith as a grain 
of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, 
Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in 
the sea; and it should obey you. But which of you, 
having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto 
him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and 
sit down to meat ? And will not rather say unto him, 
Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and 
serve me, till I have eaten and drunken ; and afterward 
thou shalt eat and drink ? Doth he thank that servant 
because he did the things that were commanded him ? I 
trow not. So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all 
those things which are commanded you, say, We are 
unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our 
duty to do." 



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Chapter XXVIII.— THE RAISING OF LAZARUS. 

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, 
the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (It was that 
Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped 
his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying : " Lord, behold, 
he whom thou lovest is sick." When Jesus heard that, 
he said : " This sickness is not unto death, but for the 
glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified 
thereby." 

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. 
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode 
two days still in the same place where he was. Then 
after that saith he to his disciples : " Let us go into 
Judaea again." His disciples say unto him : " Master, the 
Jews of late sought to stone thee ; and goest thou thither 
again ? " Jesus answered : " Are there not twelve hours 
in the day ? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth 
not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a 
man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no 
light in him." These things said he : and after that he 
saith unto them: "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I 
go, that I may awake him out of sleep." Then said his 
disciples : " Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well." Howbeit 
Jesus spake of his death : but they thought that he had 
spoken of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto 
them plainly : " Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your 
sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe ; 
nevertheless let us go unto him." Then said Thomas, 
which is called Didymus, unto his fellow-disciples : " Let 
us also go, that we may die with him." Then when Jesus 
came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days 
already. 

Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen 
furlongs off: and many of the Jews came to Martha 
and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 
Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, 
went and met him : but Mary sat still in the house. Then 
said Martha unto Jesus : " Lord, if thou hadst been here, 
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whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee." 
Jesus saith unto her : " Thy brother shall rise again." 

Martha saith unto him : " I know that he shall rise again 
in the resurrection at the last day." 

Jesus said unto her : " I am the resurrection, and the 
life : he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet 
shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in 
me shall never die. Believest thou this ? " 

She saith unto him : " Yea, Lord : I believe that thou 
art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into 
the world." And when she had so said, she went her way, 
and called Mary her sister secretly, saying : " The Master 
is come, and calleth for thee." As soon as she heard that, 
she arose quickly, and came unto him. 

Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in 
that place where Martha met him. The Jews then which 
w r ere with her in the house, and comforted her, when they 
saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed 
her, saying : "She goeth unto the grave to weep there." 

Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw 
him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him : " Lord, if 
thou hadst been here, my brother had not died." When 
Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping 
which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was 
troubled, and said : " Where have ye laid him ? " They 
said unto him : " Lord, come and see." 

Jesus wept. 

Then said the Jews : " Behold how he loved him ! " And 
some of them said : " Could not this man, which opened 
the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should 
not have died ? " Jesus therefore again groaning in himself 
cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon 
it. Jesus said : " Take ye away the stone." Martha, the 
sister of him that was dead, saith unto him : c * Lord, by 
this time he stinketh : for he hath been dead four days." 
Jesus saith unto her : " Said I not unto thee, that, if 
thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of 
God ? " 

Then they took away the stone from the place where the 
dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said : 
" Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I 
knew that thou hearest me always : but because of the 




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people which stand by I said it, that they may believe 
that thou hast sent me." 

And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud 
voice: "Lazarus, come forth." And he that was dead 
came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes : and 
his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto 
them : " Loose him, and let him go." 

Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had 
seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. But 
some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told 
them what things Jesus had done. Then gathered the 
chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said : " What 
do we ? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let him 
thus alone, all men will believe on him : and the Romans 
shall come and take away both our place and nation." 
And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest 
that same year, said unto them : " Ye know nothing at all, 
nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man 
should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish 
not." And this spake he not of himself : but being high 
priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for 
that nation ; and not for that nation only, but that also he 
should gather together in one the children of God that 
were scattered abroad. Then from that day forth they 
took counsel together for to put him to death. 

Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the 
Jews ; but went thence unto a country near to the wilder- 
ness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with 
his disciples. 



Chapter XXIX.— THE LAST JOURNEY TO TERUSALEM. 

And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he 
passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And 
as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten 
men that were lepers, which stood afar off : and they lifted 
up their voices, and said : " Jesus, Master, have mercy on 
us." And when he saw them, he said unto them : " Go 
shew yourselves unto the priests." And it came to pass, 
that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, 
when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with 



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a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at 
his feet, giving him thanks : and he was a Samaritan. And 
Jesus answering said : " Were there not ten cleansed ? 
but where are the nine? There are not found that 
returned to give glory to God, save this stranger." And 
he said unto him : u Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath 
made thee whole." 

And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the 
kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said : 
"The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 
neither shall they say, Lo here ! or, lo there ! for, 
behold, the kingdom of God is within you. The days 
will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days 
of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. And 
they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not 
after them, nor follow them. For as the lightning, that 
lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto 
the other part under heaven ; so shall also the Son of man 
be in his day. But first must he suffer many things, and 
be rejected of this generation. And as it was in the 
days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of 
man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, 
they were given in marriage, until the day that IToe 
entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed 
them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot ; 
they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they 
planted, they builded; but the same day that Lot went 
out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, 
and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the 
day when the Son of man is revealed. In that day, he 
which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the 
house, let him not come down to take it away : and he 
that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 
Remember Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his 
life shall lose it ; and whosoever shall lose his life shall 
preserve it. I tell you, in that night there shall be two 
men in one bed ; the one shall be taken, and the other 
shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; 
the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men 
shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the 
other left." 

And they answered and said unto him : " Where, Lord ? " 



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And he said unto them: "Wheresoever the body is, 
thither will the eagles be gathered together." 

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men 
ought always to pray, and not to faint ; saying : " There 
was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither 
regarded man : and there was a widow in that city ; and 
she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said 
within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man ; 
yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, 
lest by her continual coming she weary me." And the 
Lord said : " Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall 
not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night 
unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you 
that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when 
the Son of man cometh, shall he rind faith on the earth ? " 

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted 
in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others : 

" Two men went up into the temple to pray ; the one a 
Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood 
and prayed thus with himself : God, I thank thee, that I 
am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, 
or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give 
tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing 
afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, 
but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to 
me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his 
house justified rather than the other : for every one that 
exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth 
himself shall be exalted." 

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and 
saying unto him : " Is it lawful for a man to put away his 
wife for every cause ? " And he answered and said unto 
them : " Have ye not read, that he which made them at 

the beginning made them male and female, and said, 

For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and 

shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one 

flesh ? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. 

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put 
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They say unto him : " Why did Moses then command to 
give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away ? " 

He saith unto them : " Moses because of the hardness of 
your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but 
from the beginning it was not so. And I say unto you, 
Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for forni- 
cation, and shall marry another, committeth adultery : and 
whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit 
adultery. And if a woman shall put away her husband, 
and be married to another, she committeth adultery." 

His disciples say unto him : " If the case of the man 
be so with his wife, it is not good to marry." But he said 
unto them : " All men cannot receive this saying, save 
they to whom it is given. Eor there are some eunuchs, 
which were so born from their mother's womb : and there 
are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men : and 
there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs 
for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to 
receive it, let him receive it." 

And they brought young children to him, that he should 
put his hands on them, and touch them, and pray : and his 
disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus 
saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them : — 

" Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid 
them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say 
unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of 
God as a little child, he shall not enter therein." 

And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon 
them, and blessed them, and departed thence. 

And when he was gone forth into the way, there came a 
certain ruler running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, 
saying : " Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit 
eternal life ? " 

And Jesus said unto him : "Why callest thou me good? 
there is none good but one, that is, God : but if thou wilt 
enter into life, keep the commandments." He saith unto 
him : " Which ? " Jesus said : " Thou shalt do no murder, 

Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt n ot steal, 

Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and 

thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." 

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The young man saith unto him : " All these things have I 



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kept from my youth up : what lack I yet ? " Then Jesus 
beholding him loved him, and said unto him : " One tiling 
thou lackest : if thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou 
hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure 
in heaven : and come, take up the cross, and follow me." 
And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved : for 
he had great possessions. And Jesus looked round about, 
and saith unto his disciples : " How hardly shall they that 
have riches enter into the kingdom of God ! " 

And the disciples were astonished at his words. But 
Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them : " Children, 
how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into 
the kingdom of God ! It is easier for a camel to go 
through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to 
enter into the kingdom of God." 

When his disciples heard it, they were astonished out 
of measure, saying among themselves : " Who then can 
be saved ? " And Jesus looking upon them saith : " With 
men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God 
all things are possible." 

Then Peter began to say unto him : " Lo, we have left 
all, and have followed thee ; what shall we have therefore ? " 
And Jesus answered and said: "Verily I say unto you, 
There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or 
sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, 
for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an 
hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and 
sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with 
persecutions ; and in the world to come eternal life. 
When the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, 
ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve 
tribes of Israel. But many that are first shall be last; 
and the last shall be first. 

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an 
householder, which went out early in the morning to hire 
labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed 
with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his 
vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw 
others standing idle in the marketplace, and said unto them, 
Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will 
give you. And they went their way. Again he went out 
about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And 



122 THE LIFE AND TEACHING . 

about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others stand- 
ing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the 
day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath 
hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the 
vineyard ; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. 
So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith 
unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their 
hire, beginning from the last unto the first. And when 
they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they 
received every man a penny. But when the first came, 
they supposed that they should have received more ; and 
they likewise received every man a penny. And when they 
had received it, they murmured against the goodman 
of the louse, saying, These last have wrought but one 
hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which 
have borne the burden and heat of the day. But he 
answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no 
wrong : didst not thou agree with me for a penny ? Take 
that thine is, and go thy way : I will give unto this last, 
even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I 
will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am 
good ? So the last shall be first, and the first last : for 
many be called, but few chosen." 



Chapter XXX. —THE CRISIS AT HAND. 

And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem ; and 
Jesus went before them : and they were amazed ; and as 
they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the 
twelve disciples apart in the way, and began to tell them 
what things should happen unto him, saying : " Behold, 
we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be 
delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes, and 
they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to 
the Gentiles : and they shall mock him, and shall scourge 
him, and shall spit upon him, and shall crucify and kill 
him : and the third day he shall rise again." And they 
understood none of these things : and this saying was hid 
from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. 
Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children, 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 123 

with her sons James and John, worshipping him, and 
desiring a certain thing of him, saying : " Master, we would 
that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire." 
And he said unto her: "What wilt thou?" She saith 
unto him : " Grant that these my two sons may sit, the 
one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy 
kingdom, in thy glory." But Jesus answered and said : 
"Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of 
the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with 
the baptism that I am baptized with ? " They say unto 
him : " We are able." And he saith unto them : " Ye 
shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the 
baptism that I am baptized with : but to sit on my right 
hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall 
be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father." 

And when the ten heard it, they were moved with in- 
dignation against the two brethren. But Jesus called them 
unto him, and said : " Ye know that the princes of the 
Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are 
great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be 
so among you : but whosoever will be great among you, 
let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief 
among you, let him be your servant : even as the Son of 
man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and 
to give his life a ransom for many." 

And it came to pass, that as he was come nign unto 
Jericho, blind Bartimseus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the 
way side begging: and hearing the multitude pass by, he 
asked what it meant. And they told him that Jesus of 
Nazareth passeth by. And he cried, saying : " Jesus, thou 
son of David, have mercy on me." And they which went 
before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace : but he 
cried so much the more: "Thou son of David, have 
mercy on me." 

And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought 
unto him : and when he was come near, he asked him, 
saying : " What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee ? " 
And he said : " Lord, that I may receive my sight." And 
Jesus said unto him : " Receive thy sight : thy faith hath 
saved thee." And immediately he received his sight, and 
followed him, glorifying God : and all the people, when 
they saw it, gave praise unto God. 



124 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, 
behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the 
chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he 
sought to see Jesus who he was ; and could not for the 
press, because he was little of stature. And he ran before, 
and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him : for he 
was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, 
he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him : " Zacchaeus, 
make haste, and come down ; for to day I must abide at 
thy house." And he made haste, and came down, and 
received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all 
murmured, saying, that he was gone to be guest with a 
man that is a sinner. And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto 
the Lord : " Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to 
the poor ; and if I have taken any thing from any man by 
false accusation, I restore him fourfold. " And Jesus said 
unto him : " This day is salvation come to this house, 
forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son 
of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." 

And as they heard these things, he added and spake a 
parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because 
they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately 
appear. He said therefore : — 

" A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive 
for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his 
ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said 
unto them, Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated 
him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not 
have this man to reign over us. And it came to pass, 
that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, 
then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, 
to whom he had given the money, that he might know 
how much every man had gained by trading. Then came 
the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 
And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant : because 
thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority 
over ten cities. And the second came, saying, Lord, thy 
pound hath gained five pounds. And he said likewise to 
him, Be thou also over five cities. And another came, 
saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have 
kept laid up in a napkin: for I feared thee, because thou 
art an austere man : thou takest up that thou layedst not 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 125 

down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. And he saith 
unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou 
wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere 
man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I 
did not sow : wherefore then gavest not thou my money 
into the bank, that at my coming I might have required 
mine own with usury? And he said unto them that 
stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him 
that hath ten pounds. (And they said unto him, Lord, 
he hath ten pounds.) For I say unto you, That unto 
every one which hath shall be given ; and from him that 
hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from 
him. But those mine enemies, which would not that 
I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them 
before me." 

Then Jesus, six days before the passover, came to 
Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom he raised from the 
dead. There, in the house of Simon the leper, they made 
him a supper ; and Martha served : but Lazarus was one 
of them that sat at the table with him. Then took 
Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and 
poured it on his head, as he sat at meat, and anointed the 
feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair : and the 
house was filled with the odour of the ointment. But 
when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying : 
"To what purpose is this waste?" Then saith one of 
his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should 
betray him : " Why was not this ointment sold for three 
hundred pence, and given to the poor?" This he said, 
not that he cared for the poor ; but because he was a thief, 
and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. 

When Jesus understood it, he said unto them : — 

" Why trouble ye the woman ? Let her alone : for she 
hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor 
always with you ; but me ye have not always. She hath 
done what she could : she is come aforehand to anoint 
my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, Where- 
soever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, 
there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told 
for a memorial of her." 

Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was 
there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that 



126 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the 
dead. But the chief priests consulted that they might put 
Lazarus also to death ; because that by reason of him 
many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. 

And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand : and many 
went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, 
to purify themselves. Then sought they for Jesus, and 
spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple: 
" What think ye, that he will not come to the feast ? " 
Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a 
commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he 
should shew it, that they might take him. 



Chapter XXXL— A TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. 

And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage, 
at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, 
and saith unto them : — 

" Go your way into the village over against you : and 
as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find an ass tied, 
and a colt with her, whereon never man sat ; loose him, 
and bring him. And if any man say unto you, Why do 
ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and 
straightway he will send him hither." 

And they went their way, and found even as he had 
said unto them, the colt tied by the door without in a place 
where two ways met ; and they loose him. And as they 
were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them : 
" Why loose ye the colt ? * And they said unto them even 
as Jesus had commanded : " The Lord hath need of him." 
And they let them go. And they brought the colt to Jesus, 
and cast their garments on him ; and he sat upon him. 

All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by the prophet, saying : " Tell ye the daughter 
of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, 
and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an 
ass." And many spread their garments in the way : and 
others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them 
in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that 
followed, cried, saying : " Hosanna ; Blessed be the King 







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that cometh in the name of the Lord : peace in heaven, 
and glory in the highest." "Blessed be the kingdom of 
our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord : 
Hosanna in the highest." 

These things understood not his disciples at the first : 
but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that 
these things were written of him, and that they had done 
these things unto him. 

The people therefore that was with him when he called 
Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, 
bare record. For this cause the people also met him, for 
that they heard that he had done this miracle. The 
Pharisees therefore said among themselves : " Perceive ye 
how ye prevail nothing ? behold, the world is gone after 
him." And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude 
said unto him : " Master, rebuke thy disciples." And he 
answered and said unto them : "I tell you that, if these should 
hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out." 

And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and 
wept over it, saying : " If thou hadst known, even thou, at 
least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy 
peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the 
days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast 
a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee 
in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, 
and thy children within thee ; and they shall not leave in 
thee one stone upon another: because thou knewest not 
the time of thy visitation." 

And Jesus entered into Jerusalem : and when he was 
come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying : " Who 
is this ? " And the multitude said : " This is Jesus the 
prophet of Nazareth of Galilee." 

And Jesus entered into the temple : and when he had 
looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide 
was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve. 

And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, 
as he returned into the city, he hungered. And seeing a 
fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might 
find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found 
nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet. And 
Jesus answered and said unto it: "No man eat fruit of 
thee hereafter for ever." And his disciples heard it. 



128 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

And they come to Jerusalem : and Jesus went into the 
temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in 
the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, 
and the seats of them that sold doves ; and would not 
suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the 
temple. And he taught, saying unto them: "Is it not 
written, My house shall be called of all nations the house 

of prayer ? but ye have made it a den of thieves." 

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple ; 
and he healed them. And when the scribes and chief priests 
heard it, and saw the wonderful things that he did, and the 
children crying in the temple, and saying, " Hosanna to the 
son of David " ; they were sore displeased, and said unto 
him : " Hearest thou what these say ? " And Jesus saith unto 
them : " Yea ; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of 

babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise ? " 

And they sought how they might destroy him : for they 
feared him, because all the people was astonished at his 
doctrine. 

And there were certain Greeks among them that came 
up to worship at the feast : the same came therefore to 
Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, 
saying : " Sir, we would see Jesus." Philip cometh and 
telleth Andrew : and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. 

And Jesus answered them, saying : — 

"The hour is come, that the Son of man should be 
glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn 
of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone : 
but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth 
his life shall lose it ; and he that hateth his life in this 
world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve 
me, let him follow me ; and where I am, there shall also 
my servant be : if any man serve me, him will my Father 
honour. Now is my soul troubled ; and what shall I say ? 
Father, save me from this hour : but for this cause came 
I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name." 

Then came there a voice from heaven, saying : " I have 
both glorified it, and will glorify it again." The people 
therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered : 
others said, " An angel spake to him." 

Jesus answered and said : " This voice came not because 



OF JESUS CHRIST. X29 

of me, but for your sakes. How is the judgment of this 
world : now shall the prince of this world be cast out. 
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men 
unto me." 

This he said, signifying what death he should die. 

The people answered him : u We have heard out of the 
law that Christ abideth for ever : and how sayest thou, 
The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of 
man ? " Then Jesus said unto them : — 

" Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while 
ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you : for he 
that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 
While ye have .light, believe in the light, that ye may be 
the children of light" 

These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide 
himself from them. 

But though he had done so many miracles before 
them, yet they believed not on him : that the saying 
of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he 
spake: "Lord, who hath believed our report? 

AND TO WHOM HATH THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN 
REVEALED ? * 

Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said 
again : " He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened 

THEIR HEART; THAT THEY SHOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR 
EYES, NOR UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE 
CONVERTED, AND I SHOULD HEAL THEM." 

These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and 
spake of him. 

Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed 
on him ; but because of the Pharisees they did not con- 
fess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue : 
for they loved the praise of men more than the praise 
of God. 

Jesus cried and said : " He that believeth on me, be- 
lieveth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he 
that seeth me seeth him that sent me. I am come a light 
into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should 
not abide in darkness. And if any man hear my words, 
and believe not, I judge him not : for I came not to judge 
the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, 
and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him : 



130 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him 
in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but 
the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, 
what I should say, and what I should speak. And I 
know that his commandment is life everlasting: what- 
soever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto 
me, so I speak." 

And when even was come, he went out of the city. And 
in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree 
dried up from the roots. And Peter calling to remem- 
brance saith unto him : "Master, behold, the fig tree 
which thou cursedst is withered away." And Jesus answer- 
ing saith unto them : — 

" Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, If ye 
have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which 
is done to the fig tree, but also whosoever shall say unto this 
mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea ; 
and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that 
those things which he saith shall come to pass ; he shall 
have whatsoever he saith. And all things, whatsoever 
ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. There- 
fore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when 
ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have 
them. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have 
ought against any: that your Father also which is in 
heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do 
not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven 
forgive your trespasses." 



Chapter XXXIL— OPPOSITION OF THE SCRIBES 

AND PHARISEES. 

And all the people came early in the morning to him in 
the temple, for to hear him. But the chief priests and the 
scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, 
and could not find what they might do : for all the people 
were very attentive to hear him. 

I And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests 
and the elders of the people came unto him as he was 
Reaching, and said : " By what authority doest thou these 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 13 1 

things? and who gave thee this authority?" And Jesus 
answered and said unto them : — 

" I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, 
I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these 
things. The baptism of John, whence was it? from 
heaven, or of men ? " 

And they reasoned with themselves, saying : " If we 
shall say, From heaven ; he will say unto us, Why did ye 
not then believe him ? But if we shall say, Of men ; we 
fear the people ; for all hold John as a prophet indeed." 
And they answered Jesus, and said : " We cannot tell." 
And he said unto them : — 

" Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. 
But what think ye ? A certain man had two sons ; and 
he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my 
vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: but after- 
ward he repented, and went. And he came to the second, 
and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir : 
and went not. Whether of them twain did the will of his 
father ? " 

They say unto him : " The first." Jesus saith unto 
them : — 

"Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the 
harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John 
came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye 
believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots 
believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented 
not afterward, that ye might believe him." 

Then began he to speak to the people this parable : — 

"There was a certain householder, which planted a 
vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a 
winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to 
husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. 
And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his 
servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the 
fruits of the vineyard. And the husbandmen took his 
servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned 
another. Again, he sent other servants more than the 
first : and they did unto them likewise. But last of all 
he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence 
my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they 
said among themselves, This is the heir ; come, let us kill 



132 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught 
him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 
When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what 
will he do unto those husbandmen ? " 

They say unto him : " He will miserably destroy those 
wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husband- 
men, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. * 
Some said : " God forbid." Jesus saith unto them : — 

" Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which 

the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the 

corner : this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in 

our eyes ? Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God 

shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing 
forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on 
this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall 
fall, it will grind him to powder." 

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his 
parables, they perceived that he spake of them. But when 
they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, 
because they took him for a prophet : and they left him, 
and went their way. 

And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by 
parables, and said : " The kingdom of heaven is like unto 
a certain king, which made a marriage for his son. And 
sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to 
the wedding : and they would not come. Again, he sent 
forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, 
Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my 
fallings are killed, and all things are ready : come unto 
the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their 
ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise : and the 
remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, 
and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was 
wroth : and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those 
murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to 
his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were 
bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the high- 
ways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 
So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered 
together all as many as they found, both bad and good : 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 133 

and the wedding was furnished with guests. And when 
the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man 
which had not on a wedding garment : and he saith unto 
him, Friend, how earnest thou in hither not having a 
wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said 
the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and 
take him away, and cast him into outer darkness ; there 
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are 
called, but few are chosen." 



Chapter XXXIIL— HIS ENEMIES ARE CONFOUNDED. 

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they 
might entangle him in his talk. And they watched him, 
and sent forth spies, their disciples with the Herodians, 
which should feign themselves just men, that they might 
take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto 
the power and authority of the governor. And they asked him, 
saying : " Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest 
the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man : 
for thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us there- 
fore, What thinkest thou ? Is it lawful to give tribute unto 
Caesar, or not ? " 

But Jesus perceived their craftiness, and said : u Why 
tempt ye me, ye hypocrites ? Shew me the tribute money." 

And they brought unto him a penny. And he saith 
unto them : " Whose is this image and superscription ? " 
They say unto him : " Caesar's." Then saith he unto them : 
"Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are 
Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's." 

And they could not take hold of his words before the 
people : and they marvelled at his answer, and held their 
peace. 

The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say 
that there is no resurrection, and asked him, saying: " Master, 
Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave 

HIS WIFE BEHIND HIM, AND LEAVE NO CHILDREN, THAT HIS 
BROTHER SHOULD TAKE HIS WIFE, AND RAISE UP SEED UNTO 

His brother. Now there were with us seven brethren : 
and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and. 



134 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

having no issue, left his wife unto his brother : likewise the 
second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And last of 
all the woman died also. Therefore in the resurrection 
whose wife shall she be of the seven ? for they all had her 
to wife." 

Jesus answered and said unto them : — 

M Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of 
God. The children of this world marry, and are given in 
marriage : but they which shall be accounted worthy to 
obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, 
neither marry, nor are given in marriage : neither can they 
die any more : for they are equal unto the angels ; and are 
the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. 
But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye 
not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake 
unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God 

of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not the God of the 

dead, but of the living." 

Then certain of the scribes answering said : " Master, 
thou hast well said." And when the multitude heard this, 
they were astonished at his doctrine. 

But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the 
Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then 
one of them, which was a lawyer, perceiving that he had 
answered them well, asked him a question, tempting him, 
and saying : " Master, which is the great commandment 
in the law ? " Jesus said unto him : — 

" The first of all the commandments is, Hear, Israel ; 

The Lord our God is one Lord : and thou shalt love the 

Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, 

and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this 

is the first and great commandment. And the second is 
like unto it, namely this, Thou shalt love t hy neighbour 

as thyself. There is none other commandment greater 
than these. On these two commandments hang all the 
law and the prophets." 

And the scribe said unto him : " Well, Master, thou 
hast said the truth : for there is one God ; and there is 
none other but he : and to love him with all the heart, 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 135 

and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and 
with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, 
is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." 

And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said 
unto him : " Thou art not far from the kingdom of God." 

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked 
them, while he taught in the temple, saying : " What think 
ye of Christ ? whose son is he ? " They say unto him : 
" The son of David." He saith unto them : " How then 

doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said 
unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make 
thine enemies thy footstool? If David then call him 

Lord, how is he his son ? " 

And no man was able to answer him a word, neither 
durst any man from that day forth ask him any more 
questions. 

And the common people heard him gladly. 



Chapter XXXIV.— THE GREAT DENUNCIATION. 

Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his 
disciples : — 

" The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat : all 
therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe 
and do ; but do not ye after their works : for they say, 
and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous 
to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders ; but they 
themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 
But all their works they do for to be seen of men : they 
make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of 
their garments, and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and 
the chief seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the 
markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But be 
not ye called Rabbi : for one is your Master, even Christ ; 
and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father 
upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 
Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, 
even Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall 
be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself 



136 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

shall be abased ; and he that shall humble himself shall 
be exalted. 

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 
for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men : for 
ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that 
are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye devour widows' houses, and 
for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall 
receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye compass sea and land 
to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make 
him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Woe 
unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall 
swear by the temple, it is nothing ; but whosoever shall 
swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor ! 

Ye fools and blind : for whether is greater, the gold, 
or the temple that sanctifieth the gold ? And, Whosoever 
shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever 
sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye 
fools and blind : for whether is greater, the gift, or the 
altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall 
swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things 
thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth 
by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that 
shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, 
and by him that sitteth thereon. Woe unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint and 
anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters 
of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye 
to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Ye 
blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a 
camel. 

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for 
ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, 
but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou 
blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the 
cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean 
also. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 
for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed 
appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead 
men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also 
outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 137 

are fall of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe unto yon, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs 
of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the 
righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our 
fathers, we would not have been partakers with them 
in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses 
unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which 
killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of 
your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how 
can ye escape the damnation of hell ? 

Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise 
men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and 
crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your 
synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: that 
upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon 
the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the 
blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew 
between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto 
you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, 
and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often 
would I have gathered thy children together, even as a 
hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye 
would not ! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 
For I say unto you, Te shall not see me henceforth, till 
ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of 
the Lord." 

And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how 
the people cast money into the treasury : and many that 
were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor 
widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. 
And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them : 

"Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath 
cast more in, than all they which have cast into the 
treasury: for all they did cast in of their abundance 
unto the offerings of God ; but she of her want did cast 
in all that she had, even all her living." 



138 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 



Chapter XXXV.— PREDICTIONS AND PARABLES. 

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple : and 
his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of 
the temple, and one of his disciples saith unto him : " Master, 
see what manner of stones and what buildings are here ! " 

And Jesus answering said unto him : " Seest thou these 
great buildings ? the days will come, in the which there 
shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be 
thrown down." 

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, over against the 
temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him 
privately, saying : " Tell us, when shall these things be ? and 
what shall be the sign of thy coming, when all these things 
shall be fulfilled, and of the end of the world ? " 

And he said : " Take heed that ye be not deceived : for 
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ ; and 
the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. 
But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not 
terrified : for these things must first come to pass : but the 
end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and 
kingdom against kingdom : and there shall be earthquakes 
in divers places, and there shall be famines and pestilences: 
and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from 
heaven. All these are the beginning of sorrows. But before 
all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute 
you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, 
being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake, 
for a testimony against them. And the gospel must first 
be published among all nations. But when they shall 
lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand 
what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate : but what- 
soever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye : for 
it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. For I will 
give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries 
shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. And ye shall be 
betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and 
friends ; and some of you shall they cause to be put to 
death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's 
sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray 
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false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And 
because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax 
cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall 
be saved, and there shall not an hair of your head perish. 
In your patience possess ye your souls. 

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, 
then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. But when 
ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by 
Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, then let them 
that be in Judaea flee to the mountains : and let him that 
is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither 
enter therein, to take any thing out of his house : and let 
him that is in the field not turn back again for to take 
up his garment. For these be the days of vengeance, 
that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But 
woe to them that are with child, and to them that give 
suck in those days! For there shall be great distress 
in the land, and wrath upon the people. But pray ye 
that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the 
sabbath day: for in those days shall be affliction, such 
as was not from the beginning of the creation which God 
created unto this time, no, nor ever shall be. And they 
shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away 
captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden 
down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be 
fulfilled. And except those days should be shortened, 
there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake 
those days shall be shortened. 

Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, 
or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false 
Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs 
and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they 
shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you 
before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he 
is in the desert ; go not forth : behold, he is in the secret 
chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh 
out of the east, and sliineth even unto the west ; so shall 
also the coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever 
the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall 
the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her 
light, and the stars shall fall from heaven : and there shall 



140 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

be upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity ; the 
sea and the waves roaring ; men's hearts failing them for 
fear, and for looking after those things which are coming 
on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in 
heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, 
and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds 
of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall 
send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and 
they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, 
from one end of heaven to the other. And when these 
things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up 
your heads ; for your redemption draweth nigh. 

Now learn a parable of the fig tree ; When her branch 
is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that 
summer is nigh : so likewise ye, when ye see these things 
come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh 
at hand, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This 
generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall 
not pass away. 

But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not 
the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the 
Father. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the 
coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were 
before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying 
and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into 
the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took 
them all away ; so shall also the coming of the Son of 
man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall 
be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be 
grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the 
other left. Take ye heed, watch and pray : for ye know 
not when the time is. For the Son of man is as a man 
taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave 
authority to his servants, and to every man his work, 
and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore: 
for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, 
at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the 
morning: lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your 
hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 141 

and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you 
unawares. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye 
may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that 
shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. 
And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch ! 

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten 
virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet 
the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five 
were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, 
and took no oil with them : but the wise took oil in their 
vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, 
they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there 
was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh ; go ye 
out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and 
trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the 
wise, Give us of your oil ; for our lamps are gone out. 
But the wise answered, saying, Not so ; lest there be not 
enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that 
sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to 
buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready 
went in with him to the marriage : and the door was 
shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, 
Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, 
Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, 
for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the 
Son of man cometh. 

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into 
a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered 
unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, 
to another two, and to another one; to every man 
according to his several ability ; and straightway took 
his journey. Then he that had received the five talents 
went and traded with the same, and made them other 
five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he 
also gained other two. But he that had received one 
went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 
After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and 
reckoneth with them. And so he that had received five 
talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, 
thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have 
gained beside them five talents more. His Lord said 



142 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: 
thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make 
thee ruler over many things : enter thou into the joy of 
thy lord. He also that had received two talents came 
and said, Lord, thou delivered st unto me two talents: 
behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. 
His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful 
servant : thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will 
make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the 
joy of thy lord. Then he which had received the one 
talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art 
an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and 
gathering where thou hast not strawed : and I was afraid, 
and went and hid thy talent in the earth : lo, there thou 
hast that is thine. His lord answered and said unto him, 
Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I 
reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not 
strawed : thou oughtest therefore to have put my money 
to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have 
received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent 
from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall 
have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be 
taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the 
unprofitable servant into outer darkness : there shall be 
weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all 
the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the 
throne of his glory : and before him shall be gathered all 
nations: and he shall separate them one from another, 
as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats : and he 
shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on 
the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right 
hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom 
prepared for you from the foundation of the world : for 
I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat : I was thirsty, 
and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took 
me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye 
visited me : I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then 
shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw 
we thee an hungred, and fed thee ? or thirsty, and gave 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 143 

thee drink ? when saw we thee a stranger, and took 
thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? or when saw we 
thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the 
King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto 
you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least 
of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then 
shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart 
from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for 
the devil and his angels: for I was an hungred, and 
ye gave me no meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me no 
drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me not in : naked, 
and ye clothed me not : sick, and in prison, and ye visited 
me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, 
when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, 
or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto 
thee ? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say 
unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least 
of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away 
into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life 
eternal." 



Chapter XXXVI.— THE LAST SUPPER. 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these 
sayings, he said unto his disciples : " Ye know that after 
two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man 
is betrayed to be crucified." 

Then assembled together the chief priests, and the 
scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of 
the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, and consulted 
that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. But 
they said : " Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar 
among the people." Then entered Satan into Judas sur- 
named Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And 
he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and 
captains, how he might betray him unto them ; and said 
unto them : " What will ye give me, and I will deliver him 
unto you ? " And they were glad ; and they covenanted 
with him for thirty pieces of silver. And he promised ; and 
from that time he sought opportunity to betray him unto 
them in the absence of the multitude. 



144 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew 
that his hour was come that he should depart out of this 
world unto the Father, having loved his own which were 
in the world, he loved them unto the end. 

And on the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, 
when the passover must be killed, the disciples came to 
Jesus, saying unto him : " Where wilt thou that we go and 
prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?" And he 
said : — 

" Go into the city : there shall a man meet yon, bearing 
a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where 
he entereth in. And ye shall say unto the goodman 
of the house, The Master saith unto thee, My time is at 
hand ; I will keep the passover at thy house : where is 
the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my 
disciples? And he shall shew you a large upper room 
furnished : there make ready." 

And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, 
and found as he had said unto them: and they made 
ready the passover. 

And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the 
twelve apostles with him. And there was a strife among 
them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. 
And he said unto them : — 

" The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them ; 
and they that exercise authority upon them are called 
benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is 
greatest among you, let him be as the younger ; and he 
that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is 
greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serve th? is 
not he that sitteth at meat ? but I am among you as he 
that serveth. Ye are they which have continued with 
me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a 
kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that 
ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and 
sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel." 

And Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things 
into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went 
to God ; he riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; 
and took a towel, and girded himself. After that he poureth 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 145 

water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, 
and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. 
Then cometh he to Simon Peter : and Peter saith unto him: 
" Lord, dost thou wash my feet ? " Jesus answered and said 
unto him : " What I do thou knowest not now ; but thou 
shalt know hereafter." Peter saith unto him : " Thou shalt 
never wash my feet." Jesus answered him : " If I wash, 
thee not, thou hast no part with me." Simon Peter saith 
unto him : " Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands 
and my head." Jesus saith to him : " He that is washed 
needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every 
whit : and ye are clean, but not all." For he knew who 
should betray him ; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. 

So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his 
garments, and was set down again, he said unto them : — 

"Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me 
Master and Lord : and ye say well ; for so I am. If I 
then, your Lord and Blaster, have washed your feet ; ye 
also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given 
you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater 
than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he 
that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if 
ye do them. I speak not of you all : I know whom I have 
chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that 
eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 

Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come 
to pass, ye may believe that I am he. Verily, verily, 
I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send 
receiveth me ; and he that receiveth me receiveth him 
that sent me." 

And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said : " Verily I say 
unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me." 

Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of 
whom he spake. And they began to be sorrowful, and to 
enquire among themselves, which of them it was that 
should do this thing. Now there was leaning on Jesus' 
bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon 
Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who 
it should be of whom he spake. He then lying on Jesus' 
breast saith unto him : " Lord, who is it ? " 

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Jesus answered : " He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, 
when I have dipped it. The Son of man goeth as it is 
written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the 
Son of man is betrayed ! it had been good for that man if 
he had not been born." 

And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas 
Iscariot, the son of Simon. 

Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said: 
" Master, is it I ? " He said unto him : " Thou hast said." 

And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said 
Jesus unto him : " That thou doest, do quickly." 

Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake 
this unto him. For some of them thought, because Judas 
had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things 
that we have need of against the feast ; or, that he should 
give something to the poor. He then having received the 
sop went immediately out : and it was night. 

Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said : — 

" Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified 
in him. If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify 
him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. Little 
children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek 
me : and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot 
come ; so now I say to you. A new commandment I give 
unto you, That ye love one another ; as I have loved you, 
that ye also love one another. By this shall all men 
know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to 
another." 

And as they were eating, Jesus said unto them : M With 
desire I have desired to eat this passover with you 
before I suffer : for I say unto you, I will not any more 
eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God." 

And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and 
gave unto them, saying : " This is my body which is given 
for you : this do in remembrance of me." And he took the 
cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying : " Drink 
ye all of it; for this is my blood of the new testament, 
which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I 
say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of 
the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in 
my Father's kingdom." 



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Chapter XXXVII. —THE DISCOURSES AFTER SUPPER. 

"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, 
believe also in me. In my Father's house are many 
mansions : if it were not so, I would have told you. I 
go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare 
a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto 
myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And 
whither I go ye know, and the way ye know." Thomas 
saith unto him: "Lord, we know not whither thou goest ; 
and how can we know the way ?" Jesus saith unto him : 
" I am the way, the truth, and the life : no man cometh 
unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye 
should have known my Father also : and from henceforth 
ye know him, and have seen him." 

Philip saith unto him : " Lord, shew us the Father, and 
it sufficeth us." Jesus saith unto him : — 

" Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou 
not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen 
the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the 
Father ? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and 
the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I 
speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in 
me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the 
Father, and the Father in me : or else believe me for 
the very works' sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he 
do also; and greater works than these shall he do; 
because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall 
ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be 
glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my 
name, I will do it. 

If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will 
pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, 
that he may abide with you for ever ; even the Spirit of 
truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth 
him not, neither knoweth him : but ye know him ; for he 
dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave 
you comfortless : I will come to you. Yet a little while, 
and the world seeth me no more ; but ye see me : because 
I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that 



148 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in yon. He 
that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is 
that loveth me : and he that loveth me shall be loved of 
my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself 
to him." 

Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot : " Lord, how is it 
that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the 
world ? " 

Jesus answered and said unto him : " If a man love 
me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love 
him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode 
with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my 
sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but 
the Father's which sent me. These things have I spoken 
unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, 
which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in 
my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all 
things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto 
you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you : 
not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your 
heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have 
heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again 
unto you. If ye loved me ye would rejoice, because I 
said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater 
than I. And now I have told you before it come to pass, 
that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter 
I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this 
world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the 
world may know that I love the Father; and as the 
Father gave me commandment, even so I do. 

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh 
away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth 
it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean 
through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide 
in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of 
itself, except it abide in the vine ; no more can ye, except 
ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches : he 
that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth 
much fruit : for without me ye can do nothing. If a man 
abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 149 

withered; and men gather them and cast them into the 
fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my 
words abide in yon, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall 
be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye 
bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the 
Father hath loved me, so have I loved you : continue ye 
in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide 
in my love ; even as I have kept my Father's command- 
ments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken 
unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your 
joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye 
love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath 
no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his 
friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I com- 
mand you. Henceforth I call you not servants ; for the 
servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have 
called you friends ; for all things that I have heard of my 
Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen 
me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye 
should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should 
remain : that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my 
name, he may give it you. These things I command you, 
that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know 
that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the 
world, the world would love his own : but because ye are 
not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, 
therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that 
I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. 
If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you ; 
if they have kept my saying, they will keep your's also. 
But all these things will they do unto you for my name's 
sake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had 
not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin : 
but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth 
me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among 
them the works which none other man did, they had not 
had sin : but now have they both seen and hated both me 
and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word 

might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated 
me without a cause. But when the Comforter is come, 
whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the 



150 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he 
shall testify of me : and ye also shall bear witness, be- 
cause ye have been with me from the beginning. 

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be 
offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues : yea, 
the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think 
that he doeth God service. And these things will they do 
unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 
But these things have I told you, that when the time shall 
come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And 
these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because 
I was with you. But now I go my way to him that sent 
me ; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou ? But 
because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath 
filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth ; It is 
expedient for you that I go away : for if I go not away, 
the Comforter will not come unto you ; but if I depart, I 
will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will 
reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of 
judgment : of sin, because they believe not on me ; of 
righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me 
no more ; of judgment, because the prince of this world is 
judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye 
cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of 
truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for he 
shall not speak of himself ; but whatsoever he shall hear, 
that shall he speak : and he will shew you things to come. 
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and 
shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath 
are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, 
and shall shew it unto you. A little while, and ye shall 
not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see 
me, because I go to the Father." 

Then said some of his disciples among themselves : 
"What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and 
ye shall not see me : and again, a little while, and ye shall 
see me : and, Because I go to the Father ? " They said 
therefore : " What is this that he saith, A little while ? we 
cannot tell what he saith." Now Jesus knew that they were 
desirous to ask him, and said unto them : — 

"Bo ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 151 

little while, and ye shall not see me : and again, a little 
while, and ye shall see me ? Verily, verily, I say unto 
yon, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall 
rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow 
shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail 
hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as 
she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more 
the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. 
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you 
again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man 
taketh from you. And in that day ye shall ask me 
nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye 
shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name : ask, and 
ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. These things 
have I spoken unto you in proverbs : but the time cometh, 
when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I 
shall shew you plainly of the Father. At that day ye 
shall ask in my name : and I say not unto you, that I 
will pray the Father for you: for the Father himself 
loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed 
that I came out from God. I came forth from the Father, 
and am come into the world : again, I leave the world, 
and go to the Father." 

His disciples said unto him : " Lo, now speakest thou 
plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now are we sure that 
thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man 
should ask thee : by this we believe that thou earnest forth 
from God." Jesus answered them : — 

M Do ye now believe ? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, 
is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his 
own, and shall leave me alone : and yet I am not alone, 
because the Father is with me. These things I have 
spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In 
the world ye shall have tribulation *. but be of good 
cheer ; I have overcome the world." 

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to 
heaven, and said : — 

14 Father, the hour is come ; glorify thy Son, that thy 
Son also may glorify thee: as thou hast given him 
power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to 



152 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, 
that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus 
Christ, whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the 
earth : I have finished the work which thou gavest me to 
do. And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own 
self with the glory which I had with thee before the world 
was. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou 
gavest me out of the world : thine they were, and thou 
gavest them me ; and they have kept thy word. Now 
they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast 
given me are of thee. For I have given unto them the 
words which thou gavest me; and they have received 
them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, 
and they have believed that thou didst send me. I pray 
for them : I pray not for the world, but for them which 
thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine 
are thine, and thine are mine ; and I am glorified in 
them. And now I am no more in the world, but these 
are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep 
through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, 
that they may be one, as we are. While I was with 
them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those 
that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is 
lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might 
be fulfilled. And now come I to thee ; and these things 
I speak in the world, that they might have my joy 
fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy word; 
and the world hath hated them, because they are not 
of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not 
that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that 
thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not 
of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify 
them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou 
hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent 
them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify 
myself, that they also might be sanctified through the 
truth. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them 
also which shall believe on me through their word; 
that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, 
and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that 
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that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, 
and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one ; 
and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and 
hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will 
that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me 
where I am; that they may behold my glory, which 
thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the 
foundation of the world. righteous Father, the world 
hath not known thee : but I have known thee, and these 
have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared 
unto them thy name, and will declare it : that the love 
wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I 
in them." 



Chapter XXXVIII.— THE GREAT BETRAYAL. 

And when they had sung an hymn, he came out, and 
went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his 
disciples also followed him. Then saith Jesus unto them : — 

"All ye shall be offended because of me this night: 

for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep 

of the flock shall be scattered abroad. But after I am 

risen again, I will go before you into Galilee." 

Peter answered and said unto him : " Though all men 
shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be 
offended. Lord, whither goest thou ? " 

Jesus answered him : " Whither I go, thou canst not 
follow me now ; but thou shalt follow me afterwards." 

Peter said unto him : " Lord, why cannot I follow thee 
now ? I will lay down my life for thy sake." 

Jesus answered him : " Wilt thou lay down thy life 
for my sake ? Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired 
to have you, that he may sift you as wheat : but I have 
prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not : and when thou 
art converted, strengthen thy brethren." 

And he said unto him : " Lord, I am ready to go with 
thee, both into prison, and to death." 

And Jesus saith unto him : " Verily I say unto thee, 
That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow 
twioe, thou shalt deny me thrice." 



154 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

But he spake the more vehemently : " If I should die 
with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise." Likewise 
also said they all. 

And he said unto them : " When I sent yon without 
purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye anything ? " And 
they said : " Nothing." Then said he unto them : " But 
now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise 
his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his 
garment, and buy one. For I say unto you, that this 

that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he 

was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things 

concerning me have an end." And they said: "Lord, 
behold, here are two swords." And he said unto them : 
" It is enough." 

Then cometh Jesus with his disciples over the brook 
Cedron, into a place which was named Gethsemane, 
where was a garden, the which he entered, and his disciples. 
(And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place : for 
Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.) And he 
saith to his disciples : " Sit ye here, while I shall pray 
yonder." And he took with him Peter and the two sons 
of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 
Then saith he unto them : " My soul is exceeding sorrowful, 
even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me." 
And he went a little farther, about a stone's cast, and 
kneeled down, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying : 
u my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from 
me : nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt." 

And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, 
strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed 
more earnestly : and his sweat was as it were great drops 
of blood falling down to the ground. And when he rose 
up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found 
them sleeping for sorrow, and saith unto Peter : M What, 
could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, 
that ye enter not into temptation : the spirit indeed is 
willing, but the flesh is weak." 

He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying : 
"0 my Father, If this cup may not pass away from 
me, except I drink it, thy w 7 ill be done." And when he 







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returned, he found them asleep again ; for their eyes were 
heavy : neither wist they what to answer him. And he left 
them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, 
saying the same words. Then cometh he to his disciples, 
and saith unto them : " Sleep on now, and take your rest : 
behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is be- 
trayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going : 
behold, he is at hand that doth betray me." 

And while he yet spake, Judas, having received a band 
of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, 
cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. 
Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying : 
" Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he : hold him fast, 
and lead him away safely." And forthwith he came to 
Jesus, and said, "Hail, master"; and kissed him. And 
Jesus said unto him : " Friend, wherefore art thou come ? 
betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss ? " 

Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon 
him, went forth, and said unto them : " Whom seek ye ? " 
They answered him : " Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus saith unto 
them : "I am he." And Judas also, which betrayed him, 
stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, 
" I am he," they went backward, and fell to the ground. 
Then asked he them again : " Whom seek ye ? " And they 
said : " Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus answered : " I have 
told you that I am he : if therefore ye seek me, let these 
go their way": that the saying might be fulfilled, which 
he spake : " Of them which thou gavest me have I lost 
none." 

Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took 
him. When they which were about him saw what would 
follow, they said unto him : " Lord, shall we smite with the 
sword ? " Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it, and 
smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. 
The servant's name was Malchus. And Jesus answered 
and said : H Suffer ye thus far." And he touched his ear, 
and healed him. Then said Jesus unto Peter : " Put up 
again thy sword into his place: for all they that take 
the sword shall perish with the sword. The cup which 
my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it ? Thinkest 
thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall 
presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? 



156 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it 
must be ? " 

In that same hour said Jesus to the chief priests, and 
captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come 
to him : " Are ye come out as against a thief with swords 
and staves to take me ? When I was daily with you in 
the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me : but 
this is your hour, and the power of darkness." 

But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets 
might be fulfilled. 

Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. 

And there followed him a certain young man, having a 
linen cloth cast about his naked body ; and the young men 
laid hold on him : and he left the linen cloth, and fled from 
them naked. 

Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews 
took Jesus, and bound him, and led him away to Annas 
first ; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the 
high priest that same year. Now Caiaphas was he which 
gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one 
man should die for the people. And they that had laid 
hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest : 
and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the 
elders and the scribes. And Peter followed afar off. 

And the chief priests and all the council sought for 
witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found 
none : yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found 
they none, as their witness agreed not together. At the 
last came two false witnesses, and said : " We heard him 
say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, 
and within three days I will build another made without 
hands." But neither so did their witness agree together. 

And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked 
Jesus, saying : " Answerest thou nothing ? what is it which 
these witness against thee ? " But he held his peace and 
answered nothing. 

The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of 
his doctrine. Jesus answered him : — 

u I spake openly to the world ; I ever taught in the 
synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always 
resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest 



OF JESUS CHRIST. 157 

thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said 
unto them : behold, they know what I said." 

And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which 
stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying : 
"Answerest thou the high priest so?" Jesus answered 
him : " If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : 
but if well, why smitest thou me ? " And the high priest 
answered and said unto him : " I adjure thee by the living 
God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the 
Son of God." Jesus saith unto him : — 

" Thou hast said : nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter 
shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of 
power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." 

Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying : " He hath 
spoken blasphemy ; what further need have we of witnesses ? 
behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. What think 
ye ? " They answered and said : " He is guilty of death." 

Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and 
others smote him with the palms of their hands, saying : 
" Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote 
thee ? " And many other things blasphemously spake 
they against him. 

And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another 
disciple : that disciple was known unto the high priest, and 
went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. But 
Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other 
disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake 
unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. And 
the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire 
of coals ; for it was cold : and they warmed themselves : 
and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself. And 
there cometh one of the maids of the high priest : and 
when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, 
and said : " And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth." But 
he denied, saying : " I know not, neicher understand I what 
thou sayest." And he went out into the porch; and the 
cock crew. And a maid saw him again, and began to say 
to them that stood by : " This is one of them." And he 
denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said 
again to Peter : " Surely thou art one of them : for thou art 
a Galilaean, and thy speech agree th thereto." Then began 



158 THE LIFE AND TEACHING 

he to curse and to swear, saying : " I know not the man." 
And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. And 
the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter re- 
membered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto 
him : " Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice." 
And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. 

And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and 
the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led 
him into their council, saying : " Art thou the Christ ? 
tell us." And he said unto them : — 

" If I tell you, ye will not believe : and if I also ask 
you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go. Hereafter 
shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power 
of God." 

Then said they all : "Art thou then the Son of God?" 
And he said unto them : " Ye say that I am." And they 
said : " What need we any further witness ? for we ourselves 
have heard of his own mouth." 

Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that 
he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again 
the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 
saying : " I have sinned in that I have betrayed the 
innocent blood." And they said : " What is that to us ? 
see thou to that." And he cast down the pieces of silver 
in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. 
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said: 
" It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because 
it is the price of blood." And they took counsel, and 
bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. 
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto 
this day. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by 
Jeremy the prophet, saying : " And they took the thirty 

PIECES OF SILVER, THE PRICE OF HIM THAT WAS VALUED, 
WHOM THEY OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID VALUE; 
AND GAVE THEM FOR THE POTTER'S FIELD, AS THE L0RI> 
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Chapter XXXIX.— CHRIST BEFORE PILATE. 

Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of 
judgment ; and it was early : and they themselves went not 
into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but 
that they might eat the passover. Pilate then went out 
unto them, and said : " What accusation bring ye against 
this man ? " They answered and said unto him : " If he 
were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up 
unto thee." Then said Pilate unto them : " Take ye him, 
and judge him according to your law." The Jews there- 
fore said unto him, " It is not lawful for us to put any 
man to death " : that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled 
which he spake, signifying what death he should die. 

And they began to accuse him, saying : " We found this 
fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute 
to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King." Then 
Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called 
Jesus, and said unto him : " Art thou the King of the 
Jews ? " Jesus answered him : " Sayest thou this thing 
of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?" Pilate 
answered : " Am I a Jew ? Thine own nation and the 
chief priests have delivered thee unto me : what hast thou 
done ? " Jesus answered : — 

11 My kingdom is not of this world : if my kingdom were 
of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should 
not be delivered to the Jews : but now is my kingdom not 
from hence." 

Pilate therefore said unto him : " Art thou a king then ? " 

Jesus answered : — 

" Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, 
and for this cause came I into the world, that I should 
bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the 
truth heareth my voice." 

Pilate saith unto him : " What is truth ? " And when he 
had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith 
unto them : " I find in him no fault at all." 

And when Jesus was accused of the chief priests and elders, 
he answered nothing. Then said Pilate unto him : " Hearest 
thou not how many things they witness against thee ? " And 
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marvelled greatly, and said to the chief priests and to the 
people : " I find no fault in this man." And they were the 
more fierce, saying : " He stirreth up the people, teaching 
throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place." 

When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man 
were a Galilaean. And as soon as he knew that he belonged 
unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who him- 
self also was at Jerusalem at that time. 

And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad : for 
he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he 
had heard many things of him ; and he hoped to have seen 
some miracle done by him. Then he questioned with him 
in many words ; but he answered him nothing. And the 
chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. 
And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and 
mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent 
him again to Pilate. 

And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends 
together : for before they were at enmity between themselves. 

And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests 
and the rulers and the people, said unto them : " Ye have 
brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people : 
and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have 
found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye 
accuse him : no, nor yet Herod : for I sent you to him ; 
and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. I will 
therefore chastise him, and release him." 

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. 
And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on 
his head, and they put on him a purple robe, and said: 
" Hail, King of the Jews ! " and they smote him with their 
hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto 
them : " Behold, I bring him forth unto you, that ye may 
know that I find no fault in him." Then came Jesus forth, 
wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And 
Pilate saith unto them : " Behold the man ! " 

Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto 
the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had 
then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas, which lay bound 
with them that had made insurrection with him, who had 
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crying aloud, began to desire him to do as he had ever 
done unto them. But Pilate answered them, saying : " Will 
ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews ? * For 
he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. 
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude 
that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. The 
governor answered and said unto them : " Whether of the 
twain will ye that I release unto you ? " They said : 
" Barabbas." Pilate saith unto them : " What shall I do 
then with Jesus which is called Christ?" They all say 
unto him : " Let him be crucified." 

And Pilate answered and said again unto them : " Why, 
what evil hath he done ? " The Jews answered him : " We 
have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he 
hath made himself the Son of God." 

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more 
afraid ; and went again into the judgment hall, and saith 
unto Jesus : " Whence art thou ? " But Jesus gave him 
no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him : " Speakest thou 
not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to 
crucify thee, and have power to release thee ? " Jesus 
answered : — 

" Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except 
it were given thee from above : therefore he that delivered 
me unto thee hath the greater sin." 

And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him : but 
the Jews cried out, saying : " If thou let this man go, thou 
art not Caesar's friend : whosoever maketh himself a king 
speaketh against Caesar." When Pilate therefore heard 
that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the 
judgment seat in a place that is called The Pavement, but 
in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. When he was set down on 
the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying : " Have 
thou nothing to do with that just man : for I have suffered 
many things this day in a dream because of him." And 
it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth 
hour : and he saith unto the Jews : " Behold your King ! " 
But they cried out: "Away with him, away with him, 
crucify him." Pilate saith unto them : " Shall I crucify 
your King ? " The chief priests answered : " We have no 
king but Caesar." 

When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that 

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rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his 
hands before the multitude, saying : " I am innocent of 
the blood of this just person : see ye to it." Then answered 
all the people, and said : " His blood be on us, and on 
our children." And they were instant with loud voices, 
requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of 
them and of the chief priests prevailed. 

Then Pilate, willing to content the people, gave sentence 
that it should be as they required, and gave up unto them 
him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, 
whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their 
will. And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called 
Praetorium ; and they smote him on the head with a reed, 
and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped 
him. And when they had mocked him, they took off the 
purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led 
him out to crucify him. And he, bearing his cross, went 
forth. 



Chapter XL.— CALVARY, 

And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one 
Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, 
who passed by, coming out of the country, and on him 
they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. And 
there followed him a great company of people, and of 
women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus 
turning unto them said : — 

" Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep 
for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the 
days are eoming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are 
the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps 

which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to 

the mountains, Fall on ns; and to the hills, Cover us. 

For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be 
done in the dry?" 

And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, 
which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull,* they gave 

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him vinegar to drink mingled with gall : and when he had 
tasted thereof, he would not drink. And it was the third 
hour. And they crucified him, and two malefactors with 
him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. And the 
scripture was fulfilled which saith : " And he was num- 
bered WITH THE TRANSGRESSORS." 

And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And 
the writing was : — 

Seem of Ha3aretb, tbe ftfna of tbe 3ew0, 

This title then read many of the Jews : for the place 
where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city : and it was 
written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then said the 
chief priests of the Jews to Pilate : " Write not, The King 
of the Jews ; but that he said, I am King of the Jews." 
Pilate answered : " What I have written I have written." 

Then said Jesus : " Father, forgive them ; for they 
know not what they do." 

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took 
his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part ; 
and also his coat : now the coat was without seam, woven 
from the top throughout. They said therefore among 
themselves, " Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose 
it shall be " : that the scripture might be fulfilled, which 
saith : " They parted my raiment among them, and 

FOR MY VESTURE THEY DID CAST LOTS." These things 

therefore the soldiers did. And sitting down they watched 
him there. 

And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their 
heads, and saying : "Thou that destroyest the temple, and 
buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son 
of God, come down from the cross." And the soldiers also 
mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, and 
saying : " If thou be the King of the Jews, save thyself." 
Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the 
scribes and elders, said : " He saved others ; himself he 
cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now 
come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He 
trusted in God ; let him deliver him now, if he will have 
him : for he said, I am the Son of God." 

And one of the malefactors which were ha'nged railed on 
him, saying : " If thou be Christ, save thyself and us." 



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But the other answering rebuked him, saying : " Dost not 
thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation ? 
And we indeed justly ; for we receive the due reward of 
our deeds : but this man hath done nothing amiss." And 
he said unto Jesus : " Lord, remember me when thou 
comest into thy kingdom." And Jesus said unto him : 
" Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me 
in paradise." 

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and 
his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary 
Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and 
the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his 
mother : " Woman, behold thy son ! " Then saith he to the 
disciple: "Behold thy mother!" And from that hour 
that disciple took her unto his own home. 

And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness 
over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the 
ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, 
Eloi, lama sabachthani ? " which is, being interpreted, " My 
God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? " And some 
of them that stood by, when they heard it, said : " Behold, 
he calleth Elias." 

After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accom- 
plished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith : " I 
thirst." Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar, and 
one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a 
reed, and put it to his mouth, saying : " Let alone ; let us 
see whether Elias will come to take him down." When 
Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he cried with a 
loud voice : " It is finished. Father, into thy hands I 
commend my spirit." And having said thus, he gave up 
the ghost. 

And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple 
was rent in the midst from the top to the bottom, and the 
earth did quake and the rocks rent ; and the graves were 
opened ; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 
and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went 
into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 

And when the centurion, and they that were with him 
watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that 
were done, they feared greatly, saying : " Truly this was the 
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that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote 
their breasts, and returned. 

There were also women looking on afar off: among 
whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of 
James the less and of Joses, and Salome ; (who also, when 
he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him ;) 
and many other women which came up with him unto 
Jerusalem. 

The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that 
the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath 
day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate 
that their legs might be broken, and that they might be 
taken away. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of 
the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. 
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead 
already, they brake not his legs : but one of the soldiers 
with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out 
blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his 
record is true : and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye 
might believe. For these things were done, that the scrip- 
ture should be fulfilled : " A bone of him shall not be 
broken." And again another scripture saith: "They 

SHALL LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED." 

And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a coun- 
sellor ; and he was a good man, and a just : (the same had 
not consented to the counsel and deed of them ;) he was 
of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews : who also himself waited 
for the kingdom of God. This man Joseph of Arimathaea, 
being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, 
went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. 
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead : and calling 
unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been 
any while dead. And when he knew it of the centurion, 
Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the 
body of Jesus. 

And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came 
to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and 
aloes, about an hundred pound weight. Then took they 
the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the 
spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Now in the 
place where he was crucified there was a garden ; and in 
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was never man yet laid.* There laid they Jesus therefore, 
and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre, because 
of the Jews' preparation day ; for the sepulchre was nigh at 
hand. And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other 
Mary the mother of Joses, sitting over against the sepulchre, 
and they beheld where he was laid. And the women also 
which came with him from Galilee followed after, and beheld 
the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. And they re- 
turned, and prepared spices and ointments ; and rested the 
sabbath day according to the commandment. 

Now the next day, that followed the day of the pre- 
paration, the chief priests and Pharisees came together 
unto Pilate, saying : '• Sir, we remember that that deceiver 
said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise 
again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made 
sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, 
and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen 
from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the 
first." 

Pilate said unto them : " Ye have a watch : go your way, 
make it as sure as ye can." So they went, and made the 
sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. 

And when the sabbath was past, as it began to dawn 
towards the first day of the week, behold, there was a great 
earthquake : for the angel of the Lord descended from 
heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, 
and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and 
his raiment white as snow : and for fear of him the keepers 
did shake, and became as dead men. 



Chapter XLL— "HE IS RISEN." 

And Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, 
and Salome, and Joanna, and other women that were with 
them, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and 
anoint him. And very early in the morning, when it was 
yet dark, the first day of the week, they came unto the 

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OF JESUS CHRIST. 167 

sepulchre at the rising of the sun. And they said among 
themselves : " Who shall roll us away the stone from the 
door of the sepulchre ? " And when they looked, they saw 
that the stone was rolled away : for it was very great. Then 
Mary Magdalene runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to 
the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them : 
" They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, 
and we know not where they have laid him." And the 
women entered in, and found not the body of the Lord 
Jesus. And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed 
thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining 
garments : and as they were afraid, and bowed down 
their faces to the earth, they said unto them : " Why seek 
ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is 
risen : remember how he spake unto you when he was 
yet in Galilee, saying, The Son of man must be delivered 
into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the 
third day rise again." And they remembered his words. 

Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and 
came to the sepulchre. So they ran both together : and 
the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the 
sepulchre. And he stooping down, and looking in, saw 
the linen clothes lying ; yet went he not in. Then cometh 
Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, 
and seeth the linen clothes lie, and the napkin, that was 
about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped 
together in a place by itself. Then went in also that other 
disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and 
believed. For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he 
must rise again from the dead. Then the disciples went 
away again unto their own home, wondering at that which 
was come to pass. 

But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping : and 
as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the 
sepulchre, and seeth two angels in white sitting, the one 
at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of 
Jesus had lain. And they say unto her : " Woman, why 
weepest thou ? " She saith unto them : " Because they 
have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they 
have laid him." And when she had thus said, she turned 
herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that 
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Jesus saith unto her : " Woman, why weepest thou ? 
whom seekest thou?" She, supposing him to be the 
gardener, saith unto him : " Sir, if thou have borne him 
hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take 
him away." Jesus saith unto her : " Mary." She turned 
herself, and saith unto him, " Rabboni " ; which is to say, 
Master. Jesus saith unto her : " Touch me not ; for I am 
not yet ascended to my Father : but go to my brethren, 
and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your 
Father ; and to my God, and your God." 

Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she 
had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things 
unto her. And they, when they heard that he was alive, 
and had been seen of her, believed not. 

And they [the other women] departed quickly from the 
sepulchre with fear and great joy ; and did run to bring his 
disciples word. And as they went to tell his disciples, 
behold, Jesus met them, saying : " All hail." And they 
came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. Then 
said Jesus unto them : " Be not afraid : go tell my brethren 
that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me." 

Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch 
came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all 
the things that were done. And when they were assembled 
with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large 
money unto the soldiers, saying : " Say ye, His disciples 
came by night, and stole him away while we slept." And 
if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, 
and secure you. So they took the money, and did as they 
were taught : and this saying is commonly reported among 
the Jews until this day. 

And after these things he was manifested in another 
form unto two of them, as they walked on their way into 
the country. Two of the disciples went that same day 
to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem 
about threescore furlongs. And they talked together of 
all these things which had happened. And it came to 
pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, 
Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their 
eyes were holden that they should not know him. And 
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are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and 

are sad ? ' And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, 
answering said unto him: "Art thou only a stranger in 
Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come 
to pass there in these days ? " 

And he said unto them : " What things ? n 

And they said unto him : " Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, 
which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God 
and all the people : and how the chief priests and our rulers 
delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified 
him. But we trusted that it had been he which should 
have redeemed Israel : and beside all this, to day is the 
third day since these things were done. Yea, and certain 
women also of our company made us astonished, which 
were early at the sepulchre ; and when they found not his 
body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision 
of angels, which said that he was alive. And certain of 
them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found 
it even so as the women had said : but him they saw not." 
Then he said unto them : — 

"0 fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the 
prophets have spoken : ought not Christ to have suffered 
these things, and to enter into his glory? " 

And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he ex- 
pounded unto them in all the scriptures the things con- 
cerning himself. And they drew nigh unto the village, 
whither they went : and he made as though he would have 
gone further. But they constrained him, saying: "Abide 
with us : for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent." 
And he went in to tarry with them. And it came to pass, 
as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, 
and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, 
and they knew him ; and he vanished out of their sight. 
And they said one to another : " Did not our heart burn 
within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he 
opened to us the scriptures ? " And they rose up the same 
hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven 
gathered together, and them that were with them, saying : 
" The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon." 
And they told what things were done in the way, and how 
he was known of them in breaking of bread. 

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the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where 
the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came 
Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them : u Peace 
be unto you." 

But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that 
they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them : — 

" Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts arise in 
your hearts ? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I 
myself : handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh 
and bones, as ye see me have.' , 

And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his 
hands and his feet. And while they yet believed not for 
joy, and wondered, he said unto them : " Have ye here any 
meat ? " And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and 
of an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before 
them. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the 
Lord. And he said unto them : " These are the words 
which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that 
all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the 
law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, 
concerning me." 

Then opened he their understanding, that they might 
understand the scriptures, and said unto them : — 

"Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to 
suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day : and that 
repentance and remission of sins should be preached in 
his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 
And ye are witnesses of these things." 

Then said Jesus to them again : " Peace be unto you : as 
my Father hath sent me, even so send I you." 

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and 
saith unto them : " Eeceive ye the Holy Ghost : whose 
soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and 
whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained." 

But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not 
with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore 
said unto him : " We have seen the Lord." But he said 
unto them : " Except I shall see in his hands the print of 
the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and 
thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe." 

And after eight days again his disciples were within, and 
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and stood in the midst, and said : " Peace be unto you." 
Then saith he to Thomas : " Reach hither thy finger, and 
fcehold my hands ; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust 
it into my side : and be not faithless, but believing." And 

Thomas answered and said unto him : " My Lord and my 
God." Jesus saith unto him : " Thomas, because thou hast 
seen me, thou hast believed : blessed are they that have 
not seen, and yet have believed." 

After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the dis- 
ciples at the sea of Tiberias ; and on this wise shewed he 
himself. There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas 
called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the 
sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. Simon 
Peter saith unto them : " I go a fishing." They say unto 
him : " We also go with thee." They went forth and 
entered into a ship immediately ; and that night they caught 
nothing. But when the morning was now come, Jesus 
stood on the shore : but the disciples knew not that it was 
Jesus. Then Jesus saith unto them : " Children, have ye 
any meat?' They answered him: "No." And he said 
unto them : " Cast the net on the right side of the ship, 
and ye shall find." They cast therefore, and now they 
were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. There- 
fore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter : " It 
is the Lord." Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the 
Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) 
and did cast himself into the sea. And the other disciples 
came in a little ship ; (for they were not far from land, but 
as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. 
As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire 
of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus 
saith unto them : " Bring of the fish which ye have now 
caught." Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land 
full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three : and 
for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. 
Jesus saith unto them : " Come and dine." And none of 
the disciples durst ask him, " Who art thou ? " knowing that 
it was the Lord. Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, 
and giveth them, and fish likewise. 

This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to 
his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. 

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" Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?" 
He saith unto him : " Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love 
thee." He saith unto him : " Feed my lambs." He saith 
to him again the second time : " Simon, son of Jonas, lovest 
thou me ? " He saith unto him : " Yea, Lord ; thou knowest 
that I love thee." He saith unto him : " Feed my sheep." 
He saith unto him the third time : " Simon, son of Jonas, 
lovest thou me ? " Peter was grieved because he said unto 
him the third time, " Lovest thou me ? " And he said unto 
him : " Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou knowest that 
I love thee." Jesus saith unto him : " Feed my sheep. 
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, 
thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest : 
but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy 
hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither 
thou wouldest not." This spake he, signifying by what 
death he should glorify God. 

And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him : " Follow 
me." Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom 
Jesus loved following ; which also leaned on his breast at 
supper, and said, " Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee ? " 
Peter seeing him, saith to Jesus : " Lord, and what shall 
this man do ? " Jesus saith unto him : " If I will that he 
tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? follow thou me." 
Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that 
that disciple should not die : yet Jesus said not unto 
him, " He shall not die " ; but, " If I will that he tarry 
till I come, what is that to thee ? " 

Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a 
mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when 
they saw him, they worshipped him : but some doubted. 
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying : " All 
power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go 
ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every 
creature. He that belie veth and is baptized shall be 
saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my 
name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with 
new tongues ; they shall take up serpents ; and if they 
drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them ; they shall 
lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Go ye 
therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the 



OF JESUS CHRIST, 1 73 

name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever 
I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with yon alway, 
even unto the end of the world." 

Jesus shewed himself alive after his passion by many 
infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and 
speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God : 
and, being assembled together with them, commanded 
them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but 
wait for the promise of the Father, "which," saith he, " ye 
have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water ; 
but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many 
days hence." When they therefore were come together, 
they asked of him, saying : " Lord, wilt thou at this time 
restore again the kingdom to Israel ? " And he said unto 
them : " It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, 
which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye 
shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come 
upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in 
Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto 
the uttermost part of the earth." 

And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted 
up his hands, and blessed them. So then after the Lord 
had spoken unto them, while he blessed them, he was 
parted from them, and carried up into heaven, and sat on 
the right hand of God. And they worshipped him, and 
returned to Jerusalem with great joy : and were continually 
in the temple, praising and blessing God. And they went 
forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with 
them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen, 



Postscript. — And many other signs truly did Jesus in 
the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this 
book ; things which, if they should be written every one, 
I suppose that even the world itself could not contain 
the books that should be written. But these are written, 
that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of 
God; and that believing ye might have life through his 
name. Amen. [Jbftn xx. 30, 31.] 



APPENDIX. 

GENEALOGIES OF JESUS CHRIST. 

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of 
Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac ; and Isaac begat Jacob ; and Jacob begat 
Judas and his brethren ; and Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar ; and 
Phares begat Esrom ; and Esrom begat Aram ; and Aram begat Aminadab ; 
and Aminadab begat Naasson ; and Naasson begat Salmon ; and Salmon begat 
Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; and 

iesse begat David the king ; and David the king begat Solomon of her that 
ad been the wife of Urias ; and Solomon begat Roboam ; and Roboam begat 
Abia; and Abia begat Asa; and Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat 
Toram ; and Joram begat Ozias ; and Ozias begat Joatham ; and Joatham 
begat Achaz ; and Achaz begat Ezekias ; and Ezekias begat Manasses ; and 
Manasses begat Amon ; and Amon begat Josias ; and Josias begat Jechonias 
and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon : and after 
they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel ; and Salathiel begat 
Zorobabel ; and Zorobabel begat Abiud ; and Abiud begat Eliakim ; and 
Eliakim begat Azor ; and Azor begat Sadoc ; and Sadoc begat Achim ; and 
Achim begat Eliud ; and Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; 
and Matthan begat Jacob ; and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of 
whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. * 

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; 
and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen gene- 
rations ; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen 
generations. — St. Matthew i. i — 17. 

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was 
supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, which was the son of 
Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was 
the son of J anna, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Matta- 
thias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the 
son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, which was the son of Maath, which 
was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of 
Joseph, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joanna, which was 
the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of 
Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, which was the son of Melchi, which was 
the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, 
which was the son of Er, which was the son of Jose, which was the son of 
Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was 
the son of Levi, which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, 
which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son 
of Eliakim, which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which 
was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of 
David, which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the 
son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, which 
was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of 
Esrom, which was the son of Phares, wiiich was the son of Juda, which was 
the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, 
which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, which was the son 
of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which 
was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, which was the son of Cainan, 
which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son 
of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, which was the son of Mathusala, which 
was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of 
Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Enos, which 
was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of 
God. — St. Luke iii. 23—38. 

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INDEX. 



PAGE 

Adoration of the wise men . . 26 
Anna's prophecy . . . .25 
Annas examines Jesus . . . 156 
Annunciation of birth of Jesus . 20 
Annunciation of birth of John the 

Baptist ..... 19 
Anointment of Jesus by woman 

who was a sinner . . .61 
Apostles, Mission of the twelve . 72 
Apostles, Ordination of the 

twelve 49 

Appearances of Jesus after re- 
surrection 167, 168, 169,170, 171,172 
Ascension, The . . . . 173 



Baptism of Jesus . . . . 30 
Barabbas released .... 162 
Bearing the cross for Christ's 

sake 210 

Benedictus, The . . • .22 
Bethlehem, Holy family at . .24 
"Beware of the leaven of the 

Pharisees" .... 103 

Birth of Jesus 23 

Blasphemy against Holy Ghost . 63 
Bread of life, Discourse on . . 77 

Caiaphas examines Jesus . .156 
Capernaum, Jesus at 33, 44, 46, 58, 78 
Child Jesus in the temple . . 27 
Children's "hosannas, The . 128 
Circumcision of Jesus • . .24 
Cleansing of the temple . 34,128 
Communion, Institution of . . 146 
" Consider the lilies " . . . 104 
Contention of the apostles • . 144 
Crucifixion, The .... 162 

Dedication, The feast of • . 107 
Destruction of Jerusalem pre- 
dicted .... 127, 138 
Destruction of the temple pre- 
dicted 138 

Disciples, Calling of . 32, 43, 46 
Discourses after the last supper . 147 
Discourses in the temple . . 93 
Divorce, Discourse on . . 113, 119 

End of the world predicted . 118, 140 
Entombment of Jesus . . . 165 
Epiphany, The . . . .26 
Espousal of the Virgin Mary . 23 

Fasting and temptation of Jesus . 30 
Feast of tabernacles, Jesus at . 90 
Flight into Egypt, The . . .26 



Galilee, Circuit of, by Jesus . 
Genealogies of Jesus 
Gethsemane .... 
" Good Shepherd, I am the " 
Greeks come to Jesus . 



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. 46 

• 174 

• i54 
. 98 

. 128 



Herod and the wise men . . 26 
Holy family return to Nazareth . 27 
Hypocrisy, Denunciation of . 135, 136 

Imprisonment of Tohn the Baptist 42 
Introduction by St. John . . 17 
Introduction by St. Luke . . 18 

[erusalem, Last journey to . .117 
[ews seek to kill Jesus . . 91, 108 
fohn the Baptist, Birth of . .23 
[ohn the Baptist beheaded . . 74 
fohn preaching in the wilderness 28 
[ohn sends messengers to Jesus 59 
[udas bargains with chief priests . 143 
[udas betrays Jesus . . . 155 
[udas hangs himself * . .158 

Lament over Jerusalem . . 137 
Last supper, The .... 143 
Lawyers rebuked .... 102 
" Light of the world, I am the " . 93 
Lords Prayer, The . • .101 

Magnificat, The . . . .21 

Martha and Mary . . . .101 

Mary anoints the feet of Jesus . 125 

Mary's visit to Elisabeth . . 21 

Massacre of the innocents . . 27 

Miracles of Jesus : — 

Turning water into wine . . 33 

Healing the nobleman's son . 39 

Healing the impotent man at 

Bethesda 39 

When Christ passed unseen 

through the multitude . . 43 
Draught of fish . . . .44 
The demoniac in a synagogue . 44 
Healing Peter's mother-in-law . 44 
Healing the man sick of the 

palsy 46 

Healing the man with a withered 

hand . . . . .48 

A dumb demoniac healed . . 49 
Healing the leper . . .56 
Healing the centurion's servant 

cfpaisy ..... 58 
Raising the widow's son . . 39 



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Miracles of Jesus (cont.) :— 
The blindJand dumb demoniac 
Stilling the storm 
The legion of devils enterin 

the swine .... 
Healing the woman with 

issue of blood . 
Raising Jairus' daughter . 
Two blind men healed 
Feeding the five thousand . 
Walking on the sea . 
Healing the daughter of 

Syropheniciani . 
The deaf and dumb man healed 
Feeding the four thousand 
A blind man healed . 
Healing the demoniac child 
Stater in the mouth of the fish 
Healing the man born blind 
Healing the woman with an 

infirmity 



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Healing the man with the dropsy 109 
Raising of Lazarus 
Healing the ten lepers 
Healing blind Bartimaeus . 
Cursing the fig tree . 
Healing the ear of Malchus 
Draught of fish . , 
Mother and brethren of Jesus 



Nicodemus and the new birth 
Nunc Dimittis, The 



Parables of our Lord : — 
New cloth on old garment 
New wine in old bottles 
Two debtors 
The sower . 
Candle under a bushel 
The tares . 
Seed growing secretly 
Mustard seed • 
Leaven .... 
Hid treasure 
Goodly pearl 
The householder . . 
Draw-net . . • 
Lost sheep . 
Unmerciful servant . 
Good Samaritan . 
Importunate friend . 
Rich fool . 

Servants watching . 
Wise steward 
Barren fig tree • . 
Great supper . . 
King going to war 
Piece of money • 
Prodigal son " • 
Unjust steward . 
Rich man and Lazarus 
Unprofitable servants 



62 
69 

69 

70 
7* 
71 
75 
76 

80 
81 
81 

83 
85 
86 

95 



107 



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117 

123 
127 

155 
171 

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Parables of our Lord (cont.) :- 

Unjust judge . 

Pharisee and publican 

The pounds . 

Labourers in the vineyard . 

Two sons .... 

Wicked husbandmen . 

Marriage of king's son 

Fig tree .... 

Ten virgins .... 

Talents 

Sheep and goats . 
Passion, The, predicted 83, 86, 122 
Passover, First • . ' . 
Passover, Last 
Peter denies Christ 
Peter warned .... 
Peter's confession of Christ . 
Pharisee's house, Feast in the 
Pharisees rebuked . 
Pharisees take counsel against 

Jesus .... 
Pilate delivers Jesus to be crucified 
Pilate scourges Jesus . 
Pilate sends Jesus to Herod 
Purification of the Virgin Mary 



61 



123 

167 

i34 

X20 

47 

40 

36 

158 

56 

99 
99 
24 



Request of James and John . 
Resurrection morning, The . 
Resurrection of the dead 
Rich young ruler, The . 

Sabbath day in the cornfields 
Sabbath healing, Defence of . 
Samaritan woman at the well 
Sanhedrin, The, and Jesus . 
Sermon on the Mount . . 50 
Seventy disciples, Mission of 
Seventy, Return of the . 
Shepherds at Bethlehem 
Sign asked for by scribes, etc. 6^ t 82 

25 

125 

79 
120 

42 

30 

31 
160 

84 

133 
126 

145 

137 

53 

Zacchaeus 124 



Simeon's blessing 

Simon the leper (feast in his 

house) 
Spies sent against Jesus 
" Suffer little children " 
Synagogue at Nazareth, Jesus 

preaches in 

Temptation in the wilderness 
Testimony of John the Baptist to 

Jesus 

Tomb, The, sealed and watched 
Transfiguration 
Tribute to Caesar . 
Triumphal entry into Jerusalem 

Washing of the apostles' feet 
Widow's mite, The . • 
Woman taken in adultery 



119 
119 
124 
125 
131 
131 

137 

140 

141 

141 

142 
129 

34 
144 

157 

153 

83 

109 

102 



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